Ithaca Gunner
04-19-2015, 01:55 PM
19th April
The Royal Welch Fusiliers fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, which took place on 19th April 1775.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. They were preceded by Paul Revere's famous ride, warning the countryside: "The British are Coming!"
The British aim was to destroy military supplies at Concord and.as they passed through Lexington, the first shot was fired, described by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his "Concord Hymn",as the "shot heard around the world" Both sides opened fire, the Americans were forced to withdraw and the British proceeded to Concorde, but the American milita had regrouped and at the North Bridge in Concorde, 500 militiamen fought and defeated three British companies, forcing the British to retreat to Charlestown, with their mission unaccomplished. The revolutionary war had begun.
The Royal Welch Fusiliers fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, which took place on 19th April 1775.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. They were preceded by Paul Revere's famous ride, warning the countryside: "The British are Coming!"
The British aim was to destroy military supplies at Concord and.as they passed through Lexington, the first shot was fired, described by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his "Concord Hymn",as the "shot heard around the world" Both sides opened fire, the Americans were forced to withdraw and the British proceeded to Concorde, but the American milita had regrouped and at the North Bridge in Concorde, 500 militiamen fought and defeated three British companies, forcing the British to retreat to Charlestown, with their mission unaccomplished. The revolutionary war had begun.