Excerpt from A Particular Account of the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill, on the 17th of June, 1775 It would seem that a battle must have been expect ed by the Americans yet so little was done by way bf previous preparation, and so unequal were they in discipline, in arms, and in numbers, to meet the Brit ish, that it may be considered by some as a rash and imprudent measure to challenge an engagement as they did. The event indeed, proved their courage and heroism, notwithstanding their final defeat. They contended against the enemy with a desperate resolution, as if the liberties of their country depended upon the issue of that single battle. And, perhaps, it is not too much to say, that it did so in a great de gree. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.