View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775

Engraver John Lodge British
After George Henry Millar British

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An aerial view looking up the Charles River, with Boston at left and Charlestown at right. Four British warships in the Harbor land troops and fire on Charlestown. A British battery on Copp's Hill in Boston also fires on Charlestown which is on flames. British troops on the shore make an assault on Bunker's [or Breed's] Hill, with American troops above on the heights. Published to illustrate Barnard's History, [1783?], London: A. Hogg, p. 687.

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