History Of The Battle Of Bunkers (Breeds) Hill On June 17 1775
Автор:George E. Ellis Год: 2008 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 72 ISBN: 9781443760812 THE reader of the following pages is supposed to be informed of the state of affairs in and around Boston at the time of the opening of hostilities at Lexington and Concord, between the provincials and the royal forces. The expedition sent into the country by the British commander on April 8th, to seize or desfray the military supplics which had been gathered at Concord, under the full prescience that they would be needed in the final rupture that could no longer be averted, was but partiaily successful in its objects, was inglorious in its whole character and results to the invaders, and decisive only in its effects upon the purpose and resolve of an outraged people. The Continental Consess at Philadelphia was still deliberating, averting a declaration which would break the last bond of allegiance to the mother country, and vainly hoping still to settle the strife by negotiation. Reinforcements of foreign troops and supplies were constantiy arriving in Bostan. Howe, Clintan, and...
