Battle+of+Bunker+Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill acually took place on Breeds Hill. On the night of June 16, 1775 the Partiot militia dug fortifications at the top of Breeds Hill to stop the British from getting to Boston. The British had warships in Charleston Harbor. The British Warships' cannons could not penatrate the fort. Major General William Howe led a group of British soldiers up the hill to attack the Patriot's crude fort. Meanwhile British ships were shooting the nearby town of Charleston with red hot cannonballs and setting it on fire. A patriot officer gave the famous command "Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes" because the Patriots had very little ammunition and couldn't afford to miss their targets. The first group of Soldiers was pushed back by the Patriots' gunfire. A second group of men rowed across the harbor in boats and marched up the hill to attack the Patriots. Again they were pushed back. A third group of soldiers marched up the hill over the hundreds of British Corpses that lay dead on the ground. The Patriots had run out of ammunition by then and had no way to defend themselves. The Patriots retreated and the British won Boston. But such a battle showed that the colonists malitiamen could fight with the best army in the world.

Why? so the British can get to Boston.


 * When: //June 17, 1775// ||

Soldiers march up the hill to the Partriots fort Pictures came from [|www.britishbattles.com/bunker-hill.htm]

The British storm the Patriots fort
 * Casualties ||
 * American: around 500 ||
 * British: around 1,000 ||