10/10/12

Today we learned about the Battle of Bunker hill. It was the British vs. the Colonists in Boston. The British fought in a very formal way where they all were in certain lines and were supposed to shoot a certain way at a certain pace. The colonists, however, were using guerilla warfare tactics, where they'd be hiding anywhere possible and shot/attacked from their hiding spots and then would run away. But when the battle of bunker hill came, the colonists had an advantage. They were on the higher ground, so it was much harder for the British to shoot at them; it would either be too short of a shot, or they bullet would go over their heads. Either way they weren't able to really attack them. When it came down to it, the colonists were forced to retreat bunker hill because the British took over Breed's hill. But if you count up the deaths, and who lost the most amount of people, the British lost over twice as many people as the colonists. So what does that mean? Well I'd have to say the colonists were the real winners. They were able to kill about 1000 British soldiers with no sort of military tactics/training other then to follow a bit of a plan, while the British, having the "best army" and military training, supposedly know what they're doing and think they'll easily take care of the colonists.