The Battle of Lexington´ by alex

On April 19,1775 Lexington was invaded by the British army because they thought the colonists might have weapons. But it was tricked because patriots had a plan to lure them into trap some were killed and captured as they retreated because of their home field advents.

¨[April] 19th…about 5 miles on this side of a Town called Lexington which lay in our road, we heard there were some hundreds of People collected together intending to oppose us and stop our going on: at 5 o’clock we arrived there and saw a number of people, I believe 2 and 300, formed on a Common in the middle of the Town; we still continued advancing, keeping prepared against an attack tho’ without intending to attack them, but on our coming near them they fired one or two shots, upon which our Men without any orders rushed in upon them, fired and put ‘em to flight; several of them were killed…¨He is telling us his point of view when he fought in so he is telling us his point of view.

¨I, John Robbins, being of lawful age, do testify and say that on the nineteenth instant, the Company under the command of Captain John Parker being drawn up (sometime before sunrise) on the green or common, and I being in the front rank, there suddenly appeared a number of the King’s Troops, about a thousand, as I thought, at a distance of about sixty or seventy yards from us, huzzaing and on a quick pace toward us, with three officers in their front on horseback, and on full gallop towards us; the foremost of which cried, ‘Throw down your arms, ye villains, ye rebels;’ upon which said Company dispersing, the foremost of the three officers ordered their men, saying ‘Fire, by God, fire;’ at which moment we received a very heavy and close fire from them; at which instant, being wounded, I fell, and several of our men were shot dead by one volley. Captain Parker’s men, I believe, had not then fired a gun.̈John is telling his vision when he fought the redcoats in his point of view.

̈ ̈John Robbins was a member of the Lexington militia. He gave the following statement about what happened at Lexington Green on April 19. Just before sunrise, I was standing in the front row of my company on Lexington Green. My company was under the command of Captain John Parker. We saw about 1000 British soldiers marching toward us, yelling loudly. In front of them, three officers on horseback were galloping toward us. One officer was yelling at us to throw down our guns and calling us villains and rebels. Suddenly, one of the British officers told the soldiers to shoot. I was wounded and fell to the ground. Several other militia men were killed. I don’t think any of Captain Parker’s men had fired a gun ̈John is telling us his thoughts and feelings about the invention.