. Bill Nye's history of the United States. weenthe fighting qualities of soldiers who fight for twopounds ten shillings per month and those whofight because they have lost their temper. The regulars destroyed the stores, but on theway home they found every rock-pile hid an old-fashioned gun and minute-man. This shows thatthere must have been an enormous number ofminute-men then. All the English who got backto Boston were those who went out to reinforcethe original command. The news went over the country like are the words of the historian. Really,that is a poor comparison, for w
. Bill Nye's history of the United States. weenthe fighting qualities of soldiers who fight for twopounds ten shillings per month and those whofight because they have lost their temper. The regulars destroyed the stores, but on theway home they found every rock-pile hid an old-fashioned gun and minute-man. This shows thatthere must have been an enormous number ofminute-men then. All the English who got backto Boston were those who went out to reinforcethe original command. The news went over the country like are the words of the historian. Really,that is a poor comparison, for wildfire doesntjump rivers and bays, or get up and eat breakfastby candle-light in order to be on the road andspread the news. General Putnam left a pair of tired steers stand-ing in the furrow, and rode one hundred mileswithout feed or water to Boston. Twenty thousand men were soon at work build-ing intrenchments around Boston, so that theEnglish troops could not get out to ine suburbswhere many of them resided. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 149. GENERAL PUTNAM LEAVING A PAIR OF TIRED STHERS. I will now speak of the battle of Bunker Hill. This battle occurred June 17. The Americansheard that their enemy intended to fortify BunkerHill, and so they determined to do it themselves,in order to have it done in a way that would be acredit to the town. A body of men under Colonel Prescott, afterprayer by the President of Harvard University,marched to Charlestown Neck. They decided tofortify Breeds Hill, as it was more commanding,and all night long they kept on fortifying. Thesurprise of the English at daylight was well worthgfoinof from Lowell to witness. Howe sent three thousand men across andformed them on the landing. He marched themup the hill to within ten rods of the earth-works,when it occurred to Prescott that it would now bethe appropriate thing to fire. He made a state-ment of that kind to his troops, and those of the ,3* I50 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. enemy who were alive went b
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