Battle of Bunker Hill Comic Strip
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- Battle of Bunker Hill
- Excuse me, what is today's date?
- Thank you, Colonel Prescott
- Today is July 17, 1775
- We now must go to the hills before the British plan to
- Start of 1st try up hill
- Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!
- Go up the hill together
- What should we do William Howe?
- Retreat down hill
- Retreat, they are prepared
- Boston, MA and the Charlestown Peninsula
- After similar results for the 2nd try,
- Victory!
- Colonel Prescott is explaining to his soldiers that they should only fire when they are close since they were low on ammo.
- Casualties
- This battle probably left us with about 300 wounded and 100 dead
- We probably wounded about 800 and killed about 200 British soldiers.
- The British are retreating after the Americans attacked them heavily with their muskets.
- Outcomes and Effects
- We are not ready for war
- The outnumbered Americans finally retreated, allowing the British to win the battle.
- Retreat!
- 268 British soldiers and officers died and 828 were wounded. 115 Americans were killed and 305 were wounded.
- This would be the first major battle of the war, and this would be the most British casualties in any of their battles at 40%.
- Well, at least the British, might realize that this will be a long fight
- And this battle shows us we can win and will help motivate our soldiers
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