After the opening Battles of Lexington and Concord in April, 1775, the colonials had engaged the British in what was commonly known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. ... As McCullough writes, "At Bunker Hill, assuring his troops he would not ask them 'to go a step further than where I go myself,' he had marched in the front line...After one blinding volley during the third assault, he had been the only man in the front line still standing....

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Only a few months later, on June 17th, first major battle of the war: Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in Boston. ... The colonist perched up on the hill while 3 waves of British red coats stormed the hill. ... One victory that came out of Bunker Hill was, the colonist forces inflicted mass casualties on British Regime and caused them to retreat (Archives). ...

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