battle+of+bunker+hill

The British attack on Breeds Hill The British suffered over 1,150 killed and wounded, nearly half the force The Americans estimated 450 killed and wounded The generals were Major General Howe against General Artemas Ward and General Israel Putnam The british had 2,400 people, and the Americans had 1,500 people in their army It was noon on June 17th, 1775, the British forces 1,500 men and landed on Charlestown Heights in Massachusetts.Their objective was to suprise attack and nullify the threat posed by rebel batteries on the peninsula. Following the begginning of the war at Lexington and concord on April 19, 1775 the citizens of Boston found themselves between two armies. General Ward's New England volunteers surrounded Boston and blockaded the land approaches; General Thomas Cage and 4,600 British soldiers held the cityy itself. One Bostonian wrote, we are besieged this moment with 10 or 15,000 men, from Roxbury to Combridge.......We are every hour expecting an attack by land or water.



Uniforms, arms, and equipment: The British grenaders: light infantry and battalion company men wore red coats, the headgear of the companies, bearskin fronted mitre caps, tricone hat and caps, and were armed with muskets and bayonets. The British had light guns and were supportedby heavy guns and fleet.