An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . thof June, Colonel Prescott marched from Cambridge for this purpose:but, by some mistake, he took ground on Breeds Hill, much nearerBoston, and within range of its cannon. By labouring diligentlythrough the night, his men succeeded in raising a respectable redoubt,which was assailed at break of day by The Lively sloop-of-war, anda battery of six guns on Copps Hill, at the north en
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . thof June, Colonel Prescott marched from Cambridge for this purpose:but, by some mistake, he took ground on Breeds Hill, much nearerBoston, and within range of its cannon. By labouring diligentlythrough the night, his men succeeded in raising a respectable redoubt,which was assailed at break of day by The Lively sloop-of-war, anda battery of six guns on Copps Hill, at the north end of by the fire, the provincial soldiers laboured at their in-trenchments till the breastwork reached from the redoubt to the bot-tom of the hill near the Mystic. New-mown hay and wooden fencesformed a part of their materials. As the secure possession of Breeds Hill would render Boston un-tenable, General Gage detached Generals Howe and Pigot, at noon,with ten companies of grenadiers, ten of infantry, and some artillery,to dislodge the provincials. Landing at Mortons Point, Howe de-cided to wait for reinforcements, and at 3 oclock moved to the 324 FIRST HOSTILITIES OF THE REVOLUTIOXART attack with three thousand men ; while the town of Charlestownbeing set on fire, added terrific grandeur to the approaching contest The Americans, who had been reinforced by a second detachmentunder Generals ^\arren and Puraeroy, permitted the enemy to appreach, till, according to the characteristic order of Putnam, theycould see the whiles of their eyes, and then poured in upon the ad-vancing columns a tremendous fire of musketry, which prostratedwhole platoons, and sent the enemy, broken and disordered, back totheir landing-place. By the exertions of the officers, they were again brought to theattack. The Americans again reserved their fire until the enemyt^ere within five or six reds, when they gave it with deadly preci-iion, and put them a second time to flight. Gener
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