The story of Patriots' day, Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775; (1895)
Varney, George Jones, 1836-1901. [from old catalog] · Boston, Lee and Shepard · leaf 84
vicinity by flanking parties of theregulars. On the side of the hill two minute-men were firing on the redcoatsfrom behind a wall, when they were suddenly cut off by a flanking-party. Theeldest, James Miller, was urged by his companion to escape, bub replied, I amtoo old to run; and he continued… … THE BRITISH RETREAT 71 Provincials hung closely on their rear ; a strong forcewas advancing upon them from Roxbury, Dorchester,and Milton ; and Colonel Pickering, v^ith the Essexmilitia, seven hundred strong, threatened to cut offtheir retreat to Charlestown peninsula. General Wash-ington,…
