Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill

“Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes”; American Revolutionary battle (1775). [Am. Hist.: Worth, 22]

See : Battle

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Bunker Hill

a hill near Charlestown (part of Boston, Massachusetts, USA).

At Bunker Hill on June 17,1775, at the beginning of the War of Independence of the USA, there was a battle between the Americans (as many as 1,500 men under Colonel Prescott) and the British (General Gage; 2,500 troops). After several attacks, the British troops, with artillery support from Boston and from a British squadron, overcame the resistance of the Americans, who held the heights, and forced them to retreat. The British lost more than 1,000 men; the Americans lost 490. The Battle of Bunker Hill demonstrated the possibility of successful resistance by the rebel troops to the regular British troops and raised the Americans’ morale.