The+Great+Battle

By: Abigail Hamilton The battle was on June 17, 1775 British regulars faced the assemblage of the independently minded colonial militia at the battle of Bunker Hill. The evening of that day the British held the Charlestown peninsula, and a new respect for the determination and resourcefulness of the colonial forces. The battle of Bunker Hill accrued because; the battles of Lexington and Concord and the British troops returned to Boston. The size of the army was 2,400 British troops against 1,500 Americans. The British grenadiers wore light infantry and battalion. But the company men wore red coats, the head gear. They also had light guns and were supported by heavy guns of the fleet. Americans were armed with whatever firearms they could obtain and muskets, a few bayonets and some light guns. While the British drove the Americans form Charlestown and it was a heavy loss. At the time the battle was considered to be an American defeat but since that it has been lifted to the ranks of a heroic stands. When they were fighting the Patriots heard through their spies that the British were planning to attack. George Washington had been the commander-in-chief for less than a week when the battle took place.
 * //The Great Battle//**