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| <ref name=MenotomyMinutemenTrailGuide>{{cite web |url=http://www.menotomytrail.com/MenotomyMinutemanTrailGuide2.pdf |title= "Menotomy Minutemen Trail Guide" |accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref> | <ref name=MenotomyMinutemenTrailGuide>{{cite web |url=http://www.menotomytrail.com/MenotomyMinutemanTrailGuide2.pdf |title= "Menotomy Minutemen Trail Guide" |accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref> | ||
| <ref name=HistoryNet>{{cite web |url=https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-menotomy-first-blood-1775.htm |title=Battle of Menotomy — First Blood, 1775 |author=Thomas Fleming |date=March 6, 2019 |work=HistoryNet |accessdate=April 16, 2019}}</ref> | <ref name=HistoryNet>{{cite web |url=https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-menotomy-first-blood-1775.htm |title=Battle of Menotomy — First Blood, 1775 |author=Thomas Fleming |date=March 6, 2019 |work=HistoryNet |accessdate=April 16, 2019}}</ref> | ||
| <ref name=ArlingtonHistorical>{{cite web |url=https://arlingtonhistorical.org/learn/articles/the-battle-of-menotomy |title="The Battle of Menotomy" |work=Arlington Historical Society |accessdate=April 16, 2019}}</ref> | <ref name=ArlingtonHistorical>{{cite web |url=https://arlingtonhistorical.org/learn/articles/the-battle-of-menotomy |title="The Battle of Menotomy" |work=Arlington Historical Society |accessdate=April 16, 2019}}</ref> | ||
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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 | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 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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