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Breed's Hill holds as Patriots resist British assault
In June 1775 at Cambridge the Continental Army plans fortifications and moves to Breed's Hill near Charlestown. Colonel Prescott and General Ward oversee a hastily built redoubt while British under General Gage debate tactics and shell Boston with Copp's Hill batteries. The night siege tests resolve as dawn approaches.
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Cambridge
Artemas Ward
Boston
Dorchester Heights
Committee of Safety
Charlestown
Charles River
Ward
Joseph Warren
Israel Putnam
Connecticut
Putnam
William Prescott
Groton
Massachusetts
Cambridge Common
Langdon
Harvard College
Richard Gridley
Bunker's Hill
Breed's Hill
Gridley
Prescott
Breed’s Hill
H.ms. Lively
Gage
Clinton
Charlestown Neck
William Howe
Howe
Copp’s Hill
Battle of
Bunker Hill
George Cocking
London