The Battle of Concord and Lexington 19.April.1775
Battle: Concord and Lexington 1775
War: American Revolution
Date: 19th April 1775
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Combatants: British Troops and the Militia of Massachusetts
Size of the armies: 1,800 British. American numbers unknown.
Winner: The British suffered extensive loss. The Americans considered the contest an encouraging start to the war.
Casualties: The British Regiments suffered 19 officers and 250 soldiers killed and wounded. The American losses did not exceed 90 men.
Conclusion: This engagement was the first encounter of the Revolutionary War. A Provincial Congress determined on independence for the American colonies had been established in Cambridge, Massachusetts outside Boston and the New England militia was drilling for war.
War: American Revolution
Date: 19th April 1775
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Combatants: British Troops and the Militia of Massachusetts
Size of the armies: 1,800 British. American numbers unknown.
Winner: The British suffered extensive loss. The Americans considered the contest an encouraging start to the war.
Casualties: The British Regiments suffered 19 officers and 250 soldiers killed and wounded. The American losses did not exceed 90 men.
Conclusion: This engagement was the first encounter of the Revolutionary War. A Provincial Congress determined on independence for the American colonies had been established in Cambridge, Massachusetts outside Boston and the New England militia was drilling for war.