British Perspective on Battle of Lexington and Concord

Battle: Lexington and Concord

War: American Revolution

Date of the Battle of Lexington and Concord: 19th April 1775

Battle on Lexington Green: Battle of Lexington and Concord 19th April 1775 American Revolutionary War: picture by John Fawkes
Place of the Battle of Lexington and Concord: Boston, Massachusetts

Combatants at the Battle of Lexington and Concord: British Troops and the Militia of Massachusetts

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Smith, British commander at the Battle of Lexington and Concord 19th April 1775 American Revolutionary War: picture by Francis Cotes
Generals at the Battle of Lexington and Concord: Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairn and Lord Percy commanded the British Troops. Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to warn the villages on the route to Concord and the Congress. Militia were commanded by Barrett, Buttrick, Robinson and many others.

Size of the armies at the Battle of Lexington and Concord: 1,800 British. American numbers are unknown.

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