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Battle of Bunker Hill   /bˈætəl əv bˈəŋkər hɪl/   Listen
Battle of Bunker Hill

noun
1.
The first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces.  Synonym: Bunker Hill.






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"Battle of Bunker Hill" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the battle of Bunker Hill is not, however, to be gauged by the losses on either side, heavy as they were in proportion to the numbers engaged, nor by its purely military results, but by the moral effect which it produced; and when it is considered from this standpoint its far-reaching consequences can hardly ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various

... summer days lengthened, Anne longed more and more for some news of her father. The battle of Bunker Hill had brought another triumph to the Americans, but the English vessels still cruised about the coast, making the fishermen careful about going ...
— A Little Maid of Province Town • Alice Turner Curtis

... think 'The Chambered Nautilus' is my most finished piece of work, and I suppose it is my favorite. But there are also 'The Voiceless,' 'My Aviary,' written at this window, 'The Battle of Bunker Hill,' and 'Dorothy Q,' written to the portrait of my great-grandmother which you see on the wall there. All these I have a liking for, and when I speak of the poems I like best there are two others that ought to be included—'The Silent Melody' and 'The Last Leaf.' ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)

... who, after our battle at Bunker Hill, in that State, picked me up from the bottom of the works, where, for want of pickaxes, I had been, as I told you, serving as a trenching, tool, and made himself my better-half and commander-in-chief. Excuse a stately phrase; but, after the battle of Bunker Hill, I never could screw up my muzzle to call any man ...
— Who Spoke Next • Eliza Lee Follen



Words linked to "Battle of Bunker Hill" :   American War of Independence, pitched battle, War of American Independence, Bunker Hill, Beantown, Hub of the Universe, Boston, American Revolutionary War, American Revolution, Bean Town, capital of Massachusetts



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