The story of Patriots' day, Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, with poems brought out on the first observation of the anniversary holiday (1895)
Varney, George Jones, 1836- [from old catalog] · Boston, Lee and Shepard · leaf 58
ntre, now led their companies upon the longhill (then called Merriams Hill) to its eastern end.Scarcely had they taken position when the companieswhich had been sent down the road returned with theinformation that the number of the British was triplethat of the Americans. Very soon the regulars… … THE BATTLE OF CONCORD 45 which the Americans were posted. The militia thenfell back to the liberty-pole, opposite the meeting-house. The regulars followed them, but halted whenthey had come within gunshot. There was little timefor deliberation. It is evident that the patriot lead-ers had hoped to…
