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Concord Fight Retells Rebellion At Lexington And Concord
Reports from London detail General Gage’s April 19 1775 expedition against Concord stores after landing at Boston. Lt Col Smith Pitcairne and Lord Percy led troops clashing with militia at Lexington and Concord, with heavy fire from behind walls and houses. Casualties, captured officers, and burnt ordnance are listed. dispatches praise Lord Percy and officers amid a costly rebel resistance.
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London Gazette
Whitehall
Fune
Teutenant Nunn
Navy
Lord Dartmouth
Gage
Lord Percy
Smith
Aupril
Massachusett’s Bay
Concord
Pitcairne
Lexington
King’s Own Regiment
Knight
Gould
Serjeants
Thomas Baker
William Cox
Thomas Hawkshaw
Francis Smith
Lawrence Parsons
Ward. Kelly
Jeremiah Lester
Bery Bernard
Capt. Brown
Sukrey
Lloyd’s
Dover
General Gage
Bolton
Kew
Lord North
Lord Gower
Liverpool
America
Rigby
Count Gaines
France
Great George-Street
Prince of
Piedmont
Clotilda
Versilles
Vauxhail
Choisy