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British Troops Drubbed by Patriots Beyond Boston
A Hartford report from spring 1775 recounts a bold Lexington and Concord sortie. Residents near Concord Bridge and Charlestown ferries ambushed British Regulars, who retreated under heavy fire toward Bunker Hill. Paul Revere was captured briefly but escaped. News notes Boston’s siege and a Provincial Congress in Worcester planning a 30,000 man force, with 19,900 funded by Massachusetts Bay and others by Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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Hartford
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Newport
Rhode Island
Lexington
Concord
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Bunker’s Hill
General Haldimand
Lord Percy Ane
Paul Revere
Hancock
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Lord North
Worcester
Massachusetts Bay
Connecticut
DW. Holmes
Bunker Hill
Copp’s Hill
North Shore
John Burgoyne
Howe