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Early battle of the American Revolutionary War| Battle of Menotomy | |||||||
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 Massachusetts Bay |
 Great Britain | ||||||
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William Heath Gideon Foster | Hugh Percy | ||||||
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| 25 killed | 40 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Menotomy was an action on April 19, 1775 (the day of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the opening day of the American Revolutionary War), in what is now Arlington, Massachusetts. Five thousand men from eastern Middlesex County and southern Essex County gathered in Menotomy to meet the retreating British troops on their way to Boston from Concord. Twenty-five rebels and 40 British troops were killed in this battle. It was here in Menotomy that the first British soldiers surrendered.
References
- Thomas Fleming (March 6, 2019). "Battle of Menotomy — First Blood, 1775". HistoryNet. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ""The Battle of Menotomy"". Arlington Historical Society. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ ""Menotomy Minutemen Trail Guide"" (PDF). Retrieved April 14, 2019.
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