Battle Of Lexington And Concord

	partof	the American Revolutionary War
	caption	19th century depiction of Battle of Lexington contains inaccuracies
	date	April 19 , 1775
	place	Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	result	propaganda victory for British colonists beginning of colonial rebellion against British government, later grows to a war for independence
	combatant2	British Army ,<br> British Marines ,<br> Royal Artillery
	combatant1	Militia of the Province Of Massachusetts Bay ,<br>( Minutemen )
	commander2	Francis Smith ,<br> John Pitcairn ,<br> Walter Laurie,<br> Hugh, Earl Percy
	commander1	John Parker ,<br> James Barrett ,<br> John Buttrick ,<br> William Heath ,<br> Joseph Warren
	strength2	700 in the initial expedition (Smith): of that force, 250 at Lexington Green (Pitcairn), 96 at Concord Bridge (Laurie) 120 at Barrett's Farm (Parsons) Additional 1,000 reinforcement for the return to Boston (Percy) All numbers are estimates
	strength1	75 at Lexington Common (Parker) 400 at Concord North Bridge (Barrett) 4,000 by the end of the day (Heath, Warren, Pickering, others) All are estimates
	casualties2	73 killed,<br>26 missing,<br>174 wounded
	casualties1	50 killed,<br>5 missing,<br>39 wounded

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