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 * The Battle of Bunker Hill **

ü ** 1775, June 17th. ** ü ** On the Charlestown Peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbor. ** ü **__ Combatants __**** : British troops of the American ** 
 * British Grenadiers,. **
 * Light infantry & battalion company men wore; red coats, the headgear of the companies’ bearskin fronted mitre caps, tricorne hats & caps, & were armed with muskets & bayonets. The British had light guns & were supported by the heavy guns of the fleet. **
 * This is a picture of the British Redcoats at Bunker Hill **
 * Preparing for battle. **


 * The Battle of Bunker Hill Is starting. British redcoats began to reach freedom against the Americans. **2,400 British troops against 1,500 Americans. ** This could be the start to something BIG! **


 * This is the map of Bunker Hill. **

With the outbreak of the war General Gage, the British commander in chief, found himself blockaded in Boston by the American Continental Army, occupying the hills to the West of the city. Gage resolved to seize the Charlestown peninsula across the harbour. Before he could act, on the night of 16th June 1775 around 1,500 American troops of the Massachusetts regiments and Putnam’s Connecticut regiment occupied Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill on the peninsula. The American troops began to build a redoubt on Breed’s Hill. The fortification was complete by the morning, after a night of frenzied work. The presence of the Americans on the peninsula was observed by His Majesty’s Ship Lively which opened fire on them.