The Battle of Lexington saw 700 British troops fighting against 70 Minutemen of the local militia.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought between British forces consisting of British Army, British Marines and Royal Artillery and Colonial American "Minutemen" formally known as the Militia of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
April 19th, 1775. 1 year before The Declaration of Independence was signed at Philadelphia.
On April 19, 1775 in the colonial town of Lexington the first shot was fired. Seventy-seven of the men waited on the town green for the British. No one knows who fired the first shot, but before the British moved on to Concord several colonists were dead and houses burned.
The Battle of Lexington & Concord (19apr1775) was fought between the British Regulars and the Minutemen. ALSO ... In the first Battle of Saratoga, Ethan Allen and the "Green Mountain Boys" defeated British Gen John Burgoyne and the British Regulars. Earlier, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys had captured Ft Ticonderoga in a surprise raid.
Minutemen first fought British regulars at Lexington and Concord.
Minutemen first fought British regulars at Lexington and Concord.
The Battle of Lexington saw 700 British troops fighting against 70 Minutemen of the local militia.
The US colonial militia (Minutemen) fought the British Army in Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolution (Revolutionary War, 1775-1783).
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought between British forces consisting of British Army, British Marines and Royal Artillery and Colonial American "Minutemen" formally known as the Militia of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
April 19th, 1775. 1 year before The Declaration of Independence was signed at Philadelphia.
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On April 19, 1775 in the colonial town of Lexington the first shot was fired. Seventy-seven of the men waited on the town green for the British. No one knows who fired the first shot, but before the British moved on to Concord several colonists were dead and houses burned.
On April 19, 1775 in the colonial town of Lexington the first shot was fired. Seventy-seven of the men waited on the town green for the British. No one knows who fired the first shot, but before the British moved on to Concord several colonists were dead and houses burned.
The British were a professional army with superior numbers, at least at the beginning. The Minutemen were fighting on their own turf, well known to them; and their numbers increased as the fighting progressed. Once the fighting moved to Concord Bridge, the Minutemen fought from protected, concealed positions, while the Regulars fought in the open.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was between Britain and the colonists in America. It happened April 19, 1775, when the colonists minutemen gathered on the Lexington Common. The British were heading toward Concord for illegal gunpowder that was stored there. But due to the colonists spies, we were alerted of the plans much earlier and were able to move the supplies to a different location. The British were on their way when the colonists Minutemen, a small group of men that were called Minutemen because they were said to be ready for battle within a minutes time, were gathered on the Lexington Common. There were only about sixty minutemen against 700 British! A bloody battle began and we lost eight men, ten more wounded, so we had to retreat. But it was reassuring to find that one of their men was wounded. So we retreated to the North Bridge. By then, militiamen, men who formed a mini army for the colonies, were alerted about the battle. So over 500 militiamen gathered at the North Bridge! We fought the British until they retreated and as they left back for Boston, Minutemen shot at them from behind stone walls. This was the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Lexington & Concord (19apr1775) was fought between the British Regulars and the Minutemen. ALSO ... In the first Battle of Saratoga, Ethan Allen and the "Green Mountain Boys" defeated British Gen John Burgoyne and the British Regulars. Earlier, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys had captured Ft Ticonderoga in a surprise raid.