17 giug 1775 anni - Battle of Bunker Hill

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Fought during the Siege of Boston (opening phase of the Revolutionary War) in Charlestown, Massachusetts; British victory that resulted in the British capture of the Charlestown Peninsula; British still suffered many more casualties than the Americans, demonstrating that an inexperienced militia could stand up to regular army troops in battle; discouraged British from more frontal attacks against American front lines