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Early battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Menotomy

Part of the American Revolutionary War

Date	April 19, 1775; 249 years ago (1775-04-19)
Location	Menotomy, 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

v t e Boston campaign 1774–1776
1774 Powder Alarm Suffolk Resolves 1775 Lexington and Concord Lexington Alarm Siege of Boston Thompson's War Menotomy Fairhaven Chelsea Creek Machias Bunker Hill Gloucester Saint John Falmouth Charlottetown 1776 Knox artillery train Dorchester Heights

Boston campaign
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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

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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