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Definition of Battle of bunker hill
1. Noun. The first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War Of Independence, War Of American Independence
Geographical relationships: Bean Town, Beantown, Boston, Capital Of Massachusetts, Hub Of The Universe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Bunker Hill
Literary usage of Battle of bunker hill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States: And by George Washington, Daniel Webster (1909)
"204) reflections on the Battle of Bunker Hill contained in the North American
Review for October, 1818, " understood to be from the pen of Hon. ..."
2. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves by George Washington Williams (1882)
"The battle of Bunker Hill was one of the earliest and most important of the
Revolution. Negro soldiers were in the action of the 17th of June, 1775, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1896)
"THE battle of bunker hill FROM A STRATEGIC POINT OF VIEW. ... The battle of Bunker
Hill was a marked illustration of the truth of both these remarks, ..."
4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1867)
"D. Putnam to Henry Dearborn on the Battle of Bunker Hill. pp. 20. 1818. " A Full
and Correct Account of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Fought June 17, 1775. pp. ..."
5. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1887)
"In 1825, Swett enlarged his text, and published it as ^History of the battle of
Bunker Hill (Boston, 1825), followed by Notes to his Sketch in Dec., 1825. ..."
6. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"THE battle of bunker hill COMPOSED BY A BRITISH OFFICES, THE DAT AFTER THE BATTLE
IT was on the seventeenth, by break of day, The Yankees did surprise us, ..."
7. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1900)
"battle of bunker hill. THE ANNIVERSARY IS DULY OBSERVED BY THE SOCIETY—A WREATH
PLACED. On June 18, 1900, the Society celebrated the anniversary of the ..."
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