A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . rge was moresuccessful; and the Americans, their ammunition being en-tirely exhausted, were forced to retreat. XII. The loss to the British,in killed and wounded, accord-ing to their ov;n account, wasmore than a thousand men: theAmericans lost less than halfthat number, though among theirslain was Joseph Warren,* oneof the ablest and most popularof the patriot leaders, and anestimable man. His loss wasdeplored as a severe calamityto the cause of freed
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . rge was moresuccessful; and the Americans, their ammunition being en-tirely exhausted, were forced to retreat. XII. The loss to the British,in killed and wounded, accord-ing to their ov;n account, wasmore than a thousand men: theAmericans lost less than halfthat number, though among theirslain was Joseph Warren,* oneof the ablest and most popularof the patriot leaders, and anestimable man. His loss wasdeplored as a severe calamityto the cause of freedom. XIII. Though the British had jobeph the hill—the ground contended for—the victory tothem was more disastrous and humiliating than an ordinarydefeat; while, to the Americans, the defeat had the cftect ofa triumph : it gave them confidence in themselves, and conse-quence in the eyes of their enenacs. The days doings, too,convinced the people that the military training and experiencewhich the Putnams, the Starks, and the Washingtons hadacquired, in the school of the French and Indian War, hadbeen gained to some * Joseph VVarren was born in Roxbury, Mass., in 1741. After having been sradiiated at Harvard Col-legTP, he studied medicine, and became a physician of extensive practice in the city of Boston. He wasone of the leading men in resisting the unjust and oppressive measures sought to be fastened upon thecolonies by Great Britain, holdingas he did, at the time of his death, two of the most responsible civilpositions under the cominonwealth of Massachusetts, and a commission as major-general. XII. Qc-ESTioNS.—33. What loss did the British sustain in the battle? 84. What,the Americans? 35. What is said of Warren? XIII. 36. How did the victory affect the British? 37. How, the Americans?33, Of what did the people bjcome convinced? 6 AMERICAN REVOLUTION. XIV. On the very day of the capture of Ticondero-^* q-a, May 10, the second Continental Congress
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