The Battle of Concord Lexington

Battle: Concord and Lexington 1775 War: American Revolution Date: 19th April 1775 Place: Boston, Massachusetts Combatants: British Troops and the Militia of Massachusetts Generals: Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairne and Lord Percy commanded the British Troops. Size of the armies: 1,800 British. First Shots at Lexington, 19th April 1775. Uniforms, arms and equipment: The British were armed with muskets and bayonet. The fight on the bridge at Concord from a contemporary illustration Winner: The British suffered extensive loss. The British troops march into Concord from a contemporary illustration American Minutemen Militia early in the War (from Tim Reese’s CD Rom of 116 illustrations of British and American Regiments from the Revolutionary War.) Colonel Smith, The British officer who led the march to Concord Account: This engagement was the first encounter of the Revolutionary War. Smith sent forward a force of light infantry under Major Pitcairne to secure the bridges at Concord. References:

The American Revolution - (The Battles of Lexington and Concord ) Overview The Battles of Lexington and Concord were actually the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were ordered to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. More Minutemen arrived soon thereafter and inflicted heavy damage on the British regulars as they marched back towards Boston. Background This battle is generally described as the opening battle(s) of the American Revolutionary War. Militia Warned Battles

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