Battle of Bunker Hill

A briefing of the following battle in the Revolutionary War:
-Date: 17 June 1775
-Place: On the Charlestown Peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbour.

Map of the Battle Bunker Hill

-Combatants: British troops of the Boston garrison against troops of the American Continental Army.
-Generals: Major General Howe against General Artemas Ward and General Israel Putnam
-Size of the armies: 2,400 Redcoats against 1,500 Americans
-Combatants: British grenadiers, light infantry and battalion companies.
American militia with muskets or light firearms found.

British Redcoats and Grenadiers uniform

-Casualties: The British suffered some 1,150 killed and wounded or nearly half of the force engaged. The American casualties were estimated at 450 killed and wounded.
-Follow-up: The British took over the Bunker and Breed’s Hill positions and fortified them, holding them until they evacuated Boston at the end of the year. The battle was the first action for the Continental Army and showed how much work there was to be done in moulding an effective army. While most of the soldiers in the entrenched works fought tenaciously, the intended reinforcements on Bunker Hill refused to advance to the support of their comrades and there was the greatest confusion between the officers.
-Winner: While the British drove the Americans from the Charlestown peninsula it was with heavy loss. The battle was at the time considered to be an American defeat but has since been lifted to the ranks of a heroic stands against forces of oppression.

A More direct view to the Battle of Bunker Hill

Gnl. Warren in the arms of a Patriot comrade

Duringg the battle of Bunker Hill, in its climax, the General Warren was Killed in Action while they retreated after the turmoil in Breed's Hill Ward.