Battle of Menotomy | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Massachusetts Bay | Great Britain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
William Heath Gideon Foster | Hugh Percy | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5,100 | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
25 killed | 40 killed |
The Battle of Menotomy was an action on April 19, 1775, the day of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, popularly regarded as the opening day of the American Revolutionary War, in present-day Arlington, Massachusetts. 5,100 men from eastern Middlesex County and southern Essex County gathered in Menotomy to meet the retreating British troops on their way to Boston from Concord.[1][2] 25 rebels and 40 British troops were killed in this battle.[3] It was here in Menotomy that the first British soldiers were captured.[3][better source needed]
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