✦ History

Part of American Revolutionary War

Boston campaign

September 1, 1774 – March 17, 1776 · Massachusetts

Result American victory

American militia and the new Continental Army besieged the British garrison in Boston. After Washington placed cannon on Dorchester Heights, the British evacuated the city in March 1776.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

British

New England Colonies

Great Britain
New England Colonies
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Thomas Gage belligerent leader William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe belligerent leader Henry Clinton military commander
George Washington military commander Henry Knox military commander Artemas Ward military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
4,000–11,000
Casualties
1,505
Strength
7,700–16,000
Casualties
593

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