Two weeks before this battle, the attacking force acquired three more generals with the arrival of the frigate Cerberus.
Two weeks before this battle, the attacking force acquired three more generals with the arrival of the frigate Cerberus. Part of the defending force was led by Thomas Knowlton, who encouraged his men to take cover behind a rail fence. Men killed during this battle included a physician from the Committee of Correspondence, Joseph Warren, who appears in the painting of this battle by John Trumbull. Either of the defending leaders, William Prescott and Israel Putnam, may have issued the noted command "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." For 10 points, William Howe's British forces sustained more than a thousand casualties in what June 1775 battle near Boston that was actually fought on Breed's Hill?
Two weeks before this battle, the attacking force acquired three more generals with the arrival of the frigate Cerberus.
Battle of Bunker Hill [accept Battle of Breed's Hill before it is read]