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Major Buttrick. They returned the British fire with telling efifect, 

 killing two and wounding several, and causing them to retreat. The 

 scene here depicted is this engagement, the first American victory 

 of the Revolutionary War. 



"The importance of this victory lay in the fact that a small band 

 of undrilled Colonial farmers had put to flight a detachment of 

 seasoned British regulars. The 'shot heard round the world' had 

 been fired to good purpose, both there and elsewhere. 



The British Retreat 



"By noon the Minute ]\[en had assemliled in numbers and. when 

 the British started back to Boston, they met a great surprise, for 

 every tree and rock along their line of march apparently held its 

 Minute man, who fired with telling efifect, fighting, each for him- 

 self, and in Indian fashion. 



"Meanwhile British reinforcements, to the numl)er of 1.000 ar- 

 ri\'ed. but these also were of no avail against the Minute Men. 

 The British retreat became almost a rout and panic for they were 

 attacked by this unseen enemy from both flanks, from the rear, and 

 even from the front. 



"The British losses were 247 killed and wounded, besides 26 

 missing and prisoners. The .Americans lost 88 killed and wounded. 



SOME IMPORTANT SUBSEQUENT EVENTS OF 

 THE REVOLUTION 



Second Continental Congress May 10. 1775 



Capture of Fort Ticonderoga May 10. 1775 



Battle of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775 



Washington Takes Command of the Colonial Army. . .July 3, 1775 



Evacuation of Boston by the British March 17. 1776 



Signing of the Declaration of Inde])endence July ■+- 1776 



Capture of Philadelphia l)y the British Sept. 26. 1777 



The Winter at Valley Forge Winter of \777-\7T$, 



(See mural painting above) 



Battle of Monmouth June 28. 1778 



Arrival of the French Army and Navy July, 1778 



