New York´s Part in History (Classic Reprint)
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Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from New York´s Part in History Every school boy knows the history of the Battle of Bunker Hill by heart. He has had it in story, and song, and picture till it has become a reality to him. He sees the British form in line and, in brilliant uniforms and with glistening bayonets, march up the hill in perfect alignment, only to be received by that withering fire that drove the survivors in confusion to the foot again. He sees them re-form and again march up the slope to be again received by that withering fire and driven back. After some hesitation and delay he sees them form once more and, after casting aside all that would encumber their progress, with that magnificent courage that we all so admire, march for a third time against the patriots, not again to receive that wasting discharge of musketry, for the Americans have exhausted their ammunition, and, after firing a few scattering shots, they retire slowly and sullenly, contesting the ground with clubbed muskets or whatever comes to hand, but in the end driven from the field. All this the children have been trained to see as really happening, but the Battle of Bunker Hill was not followed by any momentous consequences. It did not change history. Everything went on as though it had not occurred. The patriot forces still invested Boston, and in the end drove the British out. This would have happened if the Battle of Bunker Hill had never been fought or if it had been fought and the patriots had retreated at the first fire. It is not claimed that the Battle of Bunker Hill was of no consequence. That would be far from being true. It did much to hearten the patriots. It showed them that it was possible for them to withstand British regulars, but the battle was not one of momentous consequence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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