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Rode to Concord to inform troops that the British were coming
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700 British troops spent the evening on Boston Common with orders to seize the colonial armoury at Concord
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Howe's 2300 troops encountered withering fire while storming the rebel lines which lead to a moral victory for the Americans
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Washington assumed command of the American forces at Cambridge
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General Howe crossed the narrows to the Long Island shore and scored a smashing victory over the Americans.
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The last British forces finally left New York and Washington reentered the city in triumph.