Bunker Hill Aftermath, June 17, 1775
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On June 17, 1775, the British took the high ground, but at tremendous cost.
The Battle of Bunker Hill was 250 years ago. On June 17, 1775, the British took the high ground, but at tremendous cost. The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, premieres Nov. 16.
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Bunker Hill Aftermath, June 17, 1775
Clip: Episode 2 | 57sVideo has Closed Captions
The Battle of Bunker Hill was 250 years ago. On June 17, 1775, the British took the high ground, but at tremendous cost. The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, premieres Nov. 16.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle music) - The British succeed in that they drive the Americans off of the Charleston Peninsula.
They take Breed's Hill, they take Bunker Hill, but it has been a pyrrhic victory in the first order.
It's four of the most awful hours of combat in American military history.
There are a thousand British casualties that day.
There are 220 some British dead.
- 40% of the attacking force was killed or injured.
40%.
That's horrendously high casualty rate.
It is the highest casualty rate for the British Army until the first day of the Somme in 1916.
It is unbelievably bloody, and that has a really profound impact.
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