Battle Of Bunker Hill

On June 16, 1775, after learning that the British were sending troops from Boston to occupy the surrounding hills, around 1,000 Colonists under the command of Colonel William Prescott built fortifications on top of Breed's Hill, which overlooks Boston. The battle received its name, because they had originally built their fortifications on Bunker Hill, but then decided that Breed's Hill had better location. On the seventeenth of June, some 2,200 British forces began to march the hill in coulombs. As a result of the colonists being low on ammunition, Prescott told his soldiers to only shoot when they could see the whites of the enemies eyes. The British had multiple unsuccessful attacks on the hill until they reached the top of the hill and forced the colonists to retreat. While the colonists lost the battle, they killed 800 British troops and wounded 300.