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The Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775 (engraving, coloured)
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The Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775 (engraving, coloured)
The Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775.
Coloured engraving by C Tiebout after E Tisdale, published by C and A Tiebout, 29 Gold Stret, New York, USA, 1 January 1798.
This was the first engagement between British and American troops in the American War of Independence (1775-1783). While marching from Boston to seize military stores at Concord, Massachusetts, a British force encountered a group of minute men (militia-men who had undertaken to turn out at a minutes notice) gathered on the green at Lexington. After a brief skirmish, with few casualties on either side, the Americans withdrew and the British went on.
At Concord Bridge some hours later there was a second, more serious skirmish and the British began to withdraw towards Boston. However, they were caught by the arrival of American reinforcements and the retreat soon became a rout. This ended when more British troops arrived at Boston harbour, supported by the Royal Navy. The episode was not a serious military defeat but was politically disastrous for the British. It persuaded many Americans to support the cause of independence and there was a rapid escalation of hostilities which led on to the first major battle of the war at Bunkers Hill the following June.
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