The Battle of Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill.
Place:  Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, Boston, Massachusetts.

Year:  June 17th 1775.

Size of the armies:   2,400 British troops against 1,500 Americans.

Generals:  Major General Howe against General Artemas Ward and General Israel Putnam.

American troops:                   

 Force: 2400

Killed: 115

 Wounded: 305   

 Captured: 30

British troops: <p class="MsoNormal"> Force: 3000+ Killed: 226 Wounded: 828 Captured: 0

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:black;background-color:rgb(245,242,212);">On June 17th 1775 in Boston, American revolutionaries led by  army general Israel Putnam fought against the British army at Breed's hill causing large casualties on the British troops fighting under Major General Howe. General Gage sent 2300 British forces, under the command of Major General William Howe, to take the hill that had been fortified by the Americans the night before.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri;color:black;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">The British army won the battle but had lost over 200 soldiers and officers and had more than 800 wounded. The battle showed that the inexperienced Americans were willing to fight against a regular army and just as good as the British army itself. The battle also told the British generals that the war against the revolutionaries wouldn't be as easy and quickly won as they first thought.

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