The+Battle+of+Bunker+Hill


 * //On June 17,1775, the British lead 1500 men on Charlestown Heights in Massachusetts. They were going in for a surprise attack to get rid of//** **//the threat posed by rebel cannons on the peninsula. Little did they know twelve hours before they arrived the Americans were working a non-stop building which was their main fortification on Breed's Hill which at the foot of Bunker//** //**Hill to the north.**//


 * //It was what happened before the fight that mattered. The Massachusetts Committee of Safety had received information of the attack on the 13th of June 1775. By June 15th they decided to take this chance. At around 6:00 P.M. the following day they gathered a small ground troop consisting of Col. William Prescott, Col. James Frye and Col. Ebenezer Bridge. They also had 1200 men working for Captain Thomas Knowlton with the weapons//** **//company that was commanded by Captain Sam Gridley which consisted of 49 men from Massachusetts with 2 light field pieces marched into the Cambridge Common.

The colony's ground troops consisted of 1200 men, and at 9:00 P.M. that night they marched their way to the Charlestown peninsula.//**



//**The fight was made by 3 separate attacks. On a roof of a building was Gen. Gage he saw the Americans that morning before they were attacked by the British, and he said these words while looking at them: "The rebels have done more work in one night than my whole army would have done in one month."**//

//**Later that day Gen. Howe moved his men forward. The Americans stood very still not making a move. " Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes," was said by Col. Prescott. When the time came "Fire" was shouted. The Americans fired at the British and drove them back down to the bottom of the hill. ( The fight was on Breed's Hill not Bunker Hill.)

Though Howe's efforts failed he regrouped and attacked again leading a frontal attack which resulted in the same way. He regroup one more time and convinced his troop to use their bayonets. He moved them in, and with a long and desperate hand-hand battle the British drove the Americans off the peninsula.

There was a lot to be learned from this battle. For instance the Americans figured out they were able to beat the British troops. Knowing this would help them win many battles and the war.**//
 * [[image:Will_Prescott.jpg width="420" height="276" align="center" caption="Col. William Prescott"]] ||
 * Col. William Prescott ||


 * //There were many deaths and injuries. Here are them amounts. The Americans had 140 killed and 301 wounded. The British had 19 officers and 207 men killed with 70 officers and 758 men wounded.//**