Does anyone know the name of??

Question

i'm not sure if it really was a battle, but its back during the american revolution. The british were marching back to Boston (i think this took place right before Bunker Hill) and the Americans were hiding in the bushes, they open fired on the british and killed/wounded a few, the british went up to look in the trees but the americans had already moved forward and took up another position farther down the road, the british began marching and the same thing happened over and over again. Does anyone know what this "battle" was called or if there was even a name for it?

Answer 1

It wasn't really a battle but it is called the Battle of Lexington and Concord. British General Gage learned that the colonists had stored supplies and ammunition at Concord, MA, some 20 miles from Boston. On 19 April 1775, he sent 700 of his troops to seize the munitions and, if possible, capture and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock. Gage had received information that those two “rebels” were hiding out in Concord. Warning the Americans that the British were marching to Concord were the trio Revere, Dawes, and Prescott, of the famous “Midnight Ride.” When British Major John Pitcairn arrived at Lexington, which was on the way to Concord, he found 70 American minutemen (actually, they were almost all farmers) in battle formation at the town square. Pitcairn ordered the Americans to disperse but when they didn’t move after the second order to do so, someone fired a shot. It is not known if the shot was fired by Americans or British. The British easily cleared Lexington and marched on to Concord. He found more Americans arming the bridge into the town so Pitcairn order the British to return to Boston. All the way back to Boston, the Americans sniped at the British from behind trees and rocks, inflicting serious injury to the British troops. When the Redcoats reached Boston, 250 had been killed or wounded.