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| The '''Battle of Menotomy''' was an action on April 19, 1775 (the day of the ], the opening day of the ]), in what is now ]. 5,100 men from eastern ] and southern ] gathered in Menotomy to meet the retreating British troops on their way to ] from ].<ref name=HistoryNet/><ref name=ArlingtonHistorical/> 25 rebels and 40 British troops were killed in this battle.<ref name=MenotomyMinutemenTrailGuide/> It was here in Menotomy that the first British soldiers were captured.<ref name=MenotomyMinutemenTrailGuide/>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is the tourist guide for the MinutemenTrail, which may not be entirely objective.|date=April 2022}} | The '''Battle of Menotomy''' was an action on April 19, 1775 (the day of the ], popularly regarded as the opening day of the ]), in what is now ]. 5,100 men from eastern ] and southern ] gathered in Menotomy to meet the retreating British troops on their way to ] from ].<ref name=HistoryNet/><ref name=ArlingtonHistorical/> 25 rebels and 40 British troops were killed in this battle.<ref name=MenotomyMinutemenTrailGuide/> It was here in Menotomy that the first British soldiers were captured.<ref name=MenotomyMinutemenTrailGuide/>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is the tourist guide for the MinutemenTrail, which may not be entirely objective.|date=April 2022}} | ||
| <!-- While the fighting was going on in Lexington and Concord, 5,100 militia men arrived in Menotomy from ] and ] Counties. These men took up positions in and around houses, stone walls, fields and barns along the road the British troops would take on their retreat to Boston. Consequently, the bloodiest fighting of the first day of the American Revolution took place inside a single house as the British cleared a path for their retreat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-menotomy-first-blood-1775.htm|title=Battle of Menotomy – First Blood, 1775|date=2010-05-06|website=HistoryNet|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> Of the 25 militia men killed in Menotomy, 11 died in the ]. During the fighting in Menotomy, 40 British soldiers were killed. --> | <!-- While the fighting was going on in Lexington and Concord, 5,100 militia men arrived in Menotomy from ] and ] Counties. These men took up positions in and around houses, stone walls, fields and barns along the road the British troops would take on their retreat to Boston. Consequently, the bloodiest fighting of the first day of the American Revolution took place inside a single house as the British cleared a path for their retreat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-menotomy-first-blood-1775.htm|title=Battle of Menotomy – First Blood, 1775|date=2010-05-06|website=HistoryNet|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> Of the 25 militia men killed in Menotomy, 11 died in the ]. During the fighting in Menotomy, 40 British soldiers were killed. --> | ||
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Early battle of the American Revolutionary War | It has been suggested that this article be merged into Battles of Lexington and Concord. (Discuss) Proposed since April 2023. |
| Battle of Menotomy | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Massachusetts Bay |
 Great Britain | ||||||
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William Heath Gideon Foster | Hugh Percy | ||||||
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| 5,100 | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 25 killed | 40 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Menotomy was an action on April 19, 1775 (the day of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, popularly regarded as 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
- 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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