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General Gage was the Commander in Chief or the British Army in the Americas when the Shot Heard Around The World was fired. He was relieved of his command by Major General Howe and returned to England.

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He was a British General during the early stages of the American Revolution, overseeing the Battles of Lexington

& Concord, the Siege of Boston and the Battle of Bunker Hill, before being replaced by William Howe in October of 1775.

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He was one of the top British generals early in the revolutionary war.

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