Bunker Hill, Battle of
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was an encouragement to the colonies; it proved that American forces, with sufficient supplies, could inflict heavy losses on the British.
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An American officer, William Prescott, is said to have ordered during the battle, “Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
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