The Battle of Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in June 17,1775. Only days after Washington was elected as the new Commander of the Continental Army. The battle took place on Breed's Hill. The British were threatening them, and the Major General William Howe who lead the British forces, had the opportunity to surround the Americans with his ships at sea. Howe instead went with his soldiers to the hill, Howe believed that the Americans would forcefully retreat if they did a surprise attack. Howe was totally wrong because when the British soldiers crossed the Charles River, the Americans were waiting to counter attack. When the Americans saw the British soldiers, they killed as many as they could and the remaining British forces retreated down the hill. But the British never gave up and they attacked the hill again. In the second wave, they suffered from the same consequences.     

The third wave started!!! The British were already up the hill, and  the Americans were  running low of ammunition. As a result, the British finally took the hill but it wasn't easy. On the other hand, the British had 2,300 soldiers in total and they lost 1,054. Although the British won the battle, this victory took away the lives of many soldiers, especially the officers. However, the Americans got courage from the battle adn they believed that they had a fighting chance against the British. After this events, many colonists joined the army after the battle. Another advantage that colonists got at the end of this war is that the revolution continued to grow.

These are some interesting facts about the Battle of Bunker Hill. When the colonists ran out of ammunition, they were told "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes". The American troops worked hard during the night building their strong defenses, and many walls that they built, measured approximately six feet long. General William Howe was left astonished by the American defenses. And the British suffered the most casualities on every fight during the American Revolutionary War. In London, the news of Bunker Hill convinced the King that the situations in the Colonies had escalated too high and quickly.At the end, the King had organized an uprising and told the people that they should not treat this war as a foreign war.