ty-four wounded,
and twenty-six missing--the most of whom were taken prisoners. Of these,
eighteen were officers, ten sergeants, two drummers, and two hundred
forty were rank and file. Lieutenant Hall, wounded at the North bridge,
was taken prisoner on the retreat, and died the next day. His remains
were delivered to General Gage. Lieutenant Gould was wounded at the
bridge, and taken prisoner, and was exchanged, May 28th, for Josiah
Breed, of Lynn. He had a fortune of one thousand nine hundred pounds a
year, and is said to have offered two thousand pounds for his ransom.
The prisoners were treated with great humanity, and General Gage was
notified that his own surgeons, if he desired it, might dress the
wounded.

BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

A.D. 1775

JOHN BURGOYNE JOHN H. JESSE JAMES GRAHAME

This action, which took place about two months after the
Battle of Lexington, though resulting in the physical defeat
of the Americans, proved for them a moral victory. As at
Lexington and Concord, the colonial soldiers showed that
they were prepared to stand their ground in defence of the
cause which called them to arms, and Bunker Hill became a
watchword of the Revolution. This event also made it clear
that the contest must be fought out. Thenceforth the two
sides in the war were sharply defined.

The immediate occasion of this battle was the necessity, as
seen by the British general, Gage, of driving the Americans
from an eminence commanding Boston. This elevation was one
of several hills on a peninsula just north of the town and
running out into the harbor. It was the intention of the
Americans to seize and fortify Bunker Hill, but for some
unexplained reason they took Breed's Hill, much nearer
Boston, and there the battle was mainly fought. Breed's Hill
is now usually called Bunker Hill, and upon it stands the
Bunker Hill monument.

The following accounts of the battle are all from British
writers; one is that of the English officer General
Burgoyne, who was afterward defeated at Saratoga; another is
by the English historical author Jesse, whose best work
covers the reign of George III. The third is from James
Grahame, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, who died in 1842, of
whose _History of America_ a high authority says: "The
thoroughly American spirit in which it is written