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SKU JJ-ABHL-05A
JJ-ABHL-05A
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Boston était la troisième plus grande ville d'Amérique du Nord et se tenait sur une péninsule reliée au continent par un cou juste assez large pour traverser à marée haute.Le port, suffisamment grand pour être stratégiquement significatif et au cœur de l'économie de la ville, a été formé par une chaîne d'îles qui s'étendait en mer, gardée par des récifs et des rebords.Le nord-ouest de Boston se trouvait Charlestown, une péninsule largement rurale et demi de long.Charlestown se tenait à l'angle sud-est avec trois collines derrière.Bunker’s Hill, le plus proche du cou de la péninsule, Breed’s Hill à 200 mètres au-dessus de la ville et de Moulton’s Hill au nord-est.
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Boston was the third largest town in North America, and stood on a Peninsula connected to the mainland by a neck just wide enough to cross at high tide. The harbour, large enough to be strategically significant, and central to the town’s economy, was formed by a chain of islands stretching out to sea, guarded by reefs and ledges. North west of Boston was Charlestown, a largely rural peninsula one and a half miles long. Charlestown stood at the south east corner with three hills behind it. Bunker’s Hill, nearest the neck of the Peninsula, Breed’s Hill 200 yards above the town and Moulton’s Hill to the north east. On the 16th June 1775, 3 detachments from Massachusetts regiments under the command of Colonel William Prescott and engineer Captain Richard Gridley, crossed the Charlestown neck and arrived at Bunker Hill. Captain Richard Gridley and Prescott disagreed as to where they should locate their defense. Some work was performed on Bunker Hill, but Breed’s Hill was closer to Boston and viewed as being more defensible, and they decided to build their primary redoubt there. Prescott and his men began digging a square fortification about 130 ft a side with ditches and earthen walls. The walls of the redoubt were about 6 feet high. Work began at midnight, and around 4am one of the British warships spotted the earthworks on Breed’s Hill and opened fire. The British command agreed that the works posed a significant threat, but were at this time sufficiently incomplete and isolated to offer a chance of a successful attack. The original British plan was to bypass the redoubt to the north and capture Bunker’s Hill and the neck of the peninsula, thus isolating the redoubt on Breed’s Hill. The Americans repulsed two British assaults, with significant British casualties. The British captured the redoubt on their third assault, after the defenders had run out of ammunition. The colonists retreated over Bunker Hill, leaving the British finally in control of the Peninsula. The battle was a tactical victory for the British, but it proved to be a sobering experience for them; they incurred many more casualties than the Americans had sustained, including many officers. The battle had demonstrated that inexperienced militia were able to stand up to regular army troops in battle. Subsequently, the battle discouraged the British from any further frontal attacks against well defended front lines. American casualties were much fewer, although their losses included General Joseph Warren, and Major Andrew McClary, the final casualty of the battle. Scale: 1/30Material: Pewter alloy and synthetic fibersReleased Date: December 2024
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| Gender | Men |
| Year | Late 18th Century |
| Availabilities | New |
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