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Revision as of 02:52, 18 April 2022 editHumphrey Tribble (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users3,303 edits Noted that the source is not neutral and has no references.Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit← Previous edit Revision as of 02:56, 18 April 2022 edit undoHumphrey Tribble (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users3,303 edits I have deleted the statement that the militia drove the British back to Boston. This is overstating the situation since the British were already heading in that direction as fast as they could.Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web editNext edit →
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Early battle of the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Menotomy
Part of the American Revolutionary War
DateApril 19, 1775; 249 years ago (1775-04-19)
LocationMenotomy, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Result American victory
Belligerents
 Massachusetts Bay  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
William Heath
Gideon Foster		 Hugh Percy
Strength
5,100
Casualties and losses
25 killed 40 killed
Boston campaign
1774–1776
1774
1775
1776

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. 5,100 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. 25 rebels and 40 British troops were killed in this battle. It was here in Menotomy that the first British soldiers were captured.


References

  1. Thomas Fleming (March 6, 2019). "Battle of Menotomy — First Blood, 1775". HistoryNet. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  2. ""The Battle of Menotomy"". Arlington Historical Society. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  3. ^ ""Menotomy Minutemen Trail Guide"" (PDF). Retrieved April 14, 2019.
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