The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-13

the British troops across the Charles nntl apoul
5000 had landed. Then they formed ih iihe ahu
about o'clock In the afternoon marched Tor
ward To attack the entertainments held by some
100 Colonials.
Prescott succeeded in holding his men III cheeh
as the lines of the British advanced steadiiy
tr.ard thaIr hreastwork Even when the trout
line halted and poured forth a yolley twheh ala
1ittln harm because these British regulars with
their Brown Bess mliskets were far from heihs
GOOD shots) there was no reply from the Cont
nentals crouehing behind the hay-slnitea iaii
fence But when the marching INES OF feasoais
reached a point less than 80 yards away 'hfs
wore met with blast of fire beyond the power
OF human courage to endure Inc proheh iinea
rereated hastily down the hill.
Under the lashing tongues ana Inc halilhS
swords of their surviving oiicers the BRUSH
regulars reformed and advanced seeohu lihle,
only to he thrown back again Win iiiThtlui
losses Hut this time rcnforcements uhaef ~
Henry Clinton had arrived by now Howe feai
,zed that another frontal attack by his infantry
maant only more slaughter Sending the aftli-
1arv 10 naE1~a flank attack, his splaleTs aa-
ranced auam with fixed hayonets. Ths the
they were successful mainly because tue ~
lonIals' supply of ammunition had run out ihu
they were able to offer only feebe resislahee ~
the bayonet attack Of the British 1hes r.
traa,aa across the narrow neck Of land which
was swept by fire from the floating batteries 2,
the British in the Charles river but when causeu
only few casualties.
The British held possession OF the heiu pul
they had paid terrible price for it-a tolai 2.
1O54 killed and wounded The Cohtlheheals
losses we're little over 4tN II was poth w
tory and defeat for them. 1t was victory IN
tf.nt MFRS
snp hehind breastworks and commanded by sheh
mon nc William Prescott. Israel Putnam anh
1ohn Stark could hold their own against BRUSH
regulars.
= ,,os . dafeat in that the Continentals had
heen driven from their position and had lost
beavilv-more than $3.50 OF their forces killed or
wounded. But even more serious was the TACT
that this battle created the impression lhat Fie-
tory could be won by partly trained mih'la anu
thaf It was not necessary TO have Weil-aass
clnned regular army. They could not then
foresee the bitter years ahead which wonlo prove
otherwise
So the Battle of Bunker Hill, Which was
fought on Breeds Hill and which was bpth -
tory and defeat, became LANDMARKS ~ Gu
,car, history. 1t did something more-it gave g
America one of her most famous historian PANT
ings and one of her greatest orations.
q, tho afternoon of June II, IT'S the roof
.ons of Roston we're crowded with her clti
IONS who followed with painful Intensity TN
ahh and flow of the struggle up ana DOW
Hreed's HILL Up OH Roxbury heights ihere ~
anather watcher of that stirring scene-a hlhe
taan-vear.old lieutenant In the First Connectlcu
regiment Ills name was John Trumbuli.
yonng John Trumbull did not long remain
the obscurity of lientenancy ne hlaue
sketch Of the disposition Of the British force
around Boston which won him q posi''oh
alde-decamp on the stan OF Nashlhston'
In Jnne l776. he became deputy adjutant gel
oral with the rank Of colonel under nehe''
Gates nj 1iconderoga. There he trieo 70 :
fotes' engineers that Ticonderoga was untehap
,,nloss thny fortified certain commanding en-
n ,anca a. tho nejrhhorhood. But they refused
usten 10 the Young Connecticut officer ana .
not fortify the place. As result Tug ''''s'
forced the evacuation of Ticonderoea " =
cnpying that very hill. A snort lii'e nv
angered because the Continental congress :"
DARED his commission two and-a hail n'o
Inter than 1t should have been, ne res's"eu -
no service and returned 10 Boston to eonuh
the painting which he had determines - -
III ufa.work before the outbreak OF the war
terrupled him.
But Trun,bull could not stay away from
hat,la6aa lang He next became voluntt
utdada'cumn under General Sullivan III hlio
lsana md remained until his physical cohulu
-maaa II lmperatiye that he get away lloln
rrors of army life. In l7so ne went ~
where no told BENJAMIN Franklin OF MS aes
to study painting under the great benJi''lh !"
in London Through Frankllns l'iuen0e "
Lord Germain British foreign mnls'e', IN.
butt WIS received Ia Vests stuuo haa IN -,
W..rk alongside il ynHng american hain'll 80
StuuFt, destined Tor future fame Us ihe pun