. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. John Hancock. u,s HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—Blinker Hill overlooked Boston. Colonel Prescott fortifiedit on the night of June 16. On the 17th, General Howe, with three thou-sand regulars w^as sent to capture the fortifications. AViird to seize that elevation. So, at dark, on the niulit ofJune 16, Colonel Prescott with a body of men went to and began to fortify that part of the heights that waslater called Breeds Hill. All niglit the men worked hard,and, in the morning. General Gage was astonished to
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. John Hancock. u,s HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—Blinker Hill overlooked Boston. Colonel Prescott fortifiedit on the night of June 16. On the 17th, General Howe, with three thou-sand regulars w^as sent to capture the fortifications. AViird to seize that elevation. So, at dark, on the niulit ofJune 16, Colonel Prescott with a body of men went to and began to fortify that part of the heights that waslater called Breeds Hill. All niglit the men worked hard,and, in the morning. General Gage was astonished to see theAmericans on tlie veiv hill lie \\ Some work had also been done unchr General Putnanrs or-ders, on Bunker Hill. These heights overlooked Boston, andGasce knew he must take them or the Americans would drivehim from the city. Early in the morning, he sent General BUNKER HILL. 140 LESSON.—T\vice the embattled farmers drove the redcoats backin confusion. Then, being w^ithout ammunition, they had to retreat. TheBritish lost over one thousand men ; the patriots, less than five hundred. Howe with three thousand soldiers to capture the fortifica-tions. The roofs of the lioiises in Boston were covered withpeople who watched the fight. The shells from the Britishfleet set Charlestown on fire, and their cannon l)alls were fall-ing around the Americans on Breeds Hill as the redcoats marched against them to the music of fife and drum. Dont fire, boys, said Prescott, till you see the whites oftheir eyes, and the Americans waited patiently, while theBritish came nearer and nearer, thinking that the rebels coulddig, but \VOuldnt fig
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