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As General Burgoyne notes, the sight should allay any doubt that trained troops are invincible against numbers or against an undisciplined rabble. General Gage orders Major General William Howe to make a frontal assault on Breed’s Hill with about 2,500 men. They are supported by naval ships and a floating battery of mortars and cannon from Copp’s Hill. But the attack does not go to plan. Protected behind fences and earthworks, the undisciplined rabble pours a devastating close-range fire into the British ranks.
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As General Burgoyne notes, the sight should allay any doubt that trained troops are invincible against numbers or against an undisciplined rabble. General Gage orders Major General William Howe to make a frontal assault on Breed’s Hill with about 2,500 men. They are supported by naval ships and a floating battery of mortars and cannon from Copp’s Hill. But the attack does not go to plan. Protected behind fences and earthworks, the undisciplined rabble pours a devastating close-range fire into the British ranks.
#RevolutionaryWar #UShistory #EpicHistory #Shorts
