The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . e country, and the English troops beat a hasty re- the beginning ottreat back through Lexington. The Americans, swarm-ing like maddened bees, attacked them in the leai,in front, and on both sides. The minute-men fiiedfrom behind trees, rocks, and stone fences. The English retreated in a state of exhaustion, with a lossin killed and wounded of nearly three hundredmen ; the Americans lost about on horseback carried the news of the battle of Lexington, as it was called, all overNew England and
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . e country, and the English troops beat a hasty re- the beginning ottreat back through Lexington. The Americans, swarm-ing like maddened bees, attacked them in the leai,in front, and on both sides. The minute-men fiiedfrom behind trees, rocks, and stone fences. The English retreated in a state of exhaustion, with a lossin killed and wounded of nearly three hundredmen ; the Americans lost about on horseback carried the news of the battle of Lexington, as it was called, all overNew England and into the Middle and Southern colo-nies. The people now knew that the war so longthreatened had begun. Soon after the battle of Lexington, Ethan Allen, at the captur deroga head of eigh-ty backwoods-men from Ver-mont, known as Green Mount-ain Boys, madea sudden descenton Fort Ticon-deroga, near thes(Tuth end of LakeChamplain. En-tering the fortin the night, hefound the commander in bed, andsummoned him to surrender. Inwhose name? demanded the of-ficer. In the name of the great. HISTORY OF THE UKITED STATES.
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