The Battle of Bunker Hill........June.17........1775
Battle: Bunker Hill (Bloodiest conflict on British North America soil)
War: American Revolution
Date: 17th June 1775
Place: On the Charles town Peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbor.
Combatants: British troops of the Boston garrison against troops of the American Continental Army.
Size of the armies: 2,400 British troops against 1,500 Americans.
Casualties: The British suffered some 1,150 killed and wounded or nearly half of the force engaged. The American casualties were estimated at 450 killed and wounded.
Winner: While the British with heavy loss. The battle was at the time considered to be an American defeat.
Conclusion: The British took over the Bunker and Breed’s Hill positions and fortified them, holding them until they evacuated Boston at the end of the year. The battle was the first action for the Continental Army and showed how much work there was to be done in molding an effective army.
War: American Revolution
Date: 17th June 1775
Place: On the Charles town Peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbor.
Combatants: British troops of the Boston garrison against troops of the American Continental Army.
Size of the armies: 2,400 British troops against 1,500 Americans.
Casualties: The British suffered some 1,150 killed and wounded or nearly half of the force engaged. The American casualties were estimated at 450 killed and wounded.
Winner: While the British with heavy loss. The battle was at the time considered to be an American defeat.
Conclusion: The British took over the Bunker and Breed’s Hill positions and fortified them, holding them until they evacuated Boston at the end of the year. The battle was the first action for the Continental Army and showed how much work there was to be done in molding an effective army.