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surprise_i'm_armed wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:52 pm "The British are coming, the British are coming!" is supposedly what Paul Revere said to alert others.

But at that time, "Americans" were still "British".

IIRC, he actually warned "The regulars are coming, the regulars are coming", meaning uniformed British Army personnel.

SIA

True!

And the colonists actually helped and incentivized the regulars to desert

The Redcoats were very lucky to make it back alive. After the bridge was torn down in Cambridge, Percy was smart enough to make a rapid turn to Charlestown and safety. General Gage didn't dare send anymore reinforcements as he was afraid of a revolt in the city of Boston itself.

I love some of the quotes in the book... before the action the professional soldiers of 'the King' "laughed contemptuously at the awkward drill, hooting at the clumsy marching..."

Major John Pitcairn of the Royal Marines bragged "If I draw my sword but half out of my scabbard, the whole banditti of Massachusetts will run away."

Those same men were at times running for their lives on April 19th... Major Pitcairn being unhorsed and injured... then shot in the face a few months later at Bunker Hill... Pitcairn was a Marine and one of the Redcoats better commanders... and the war didn't end quite like he thought...

Paul Revere's Ride

You may think you know what happened in April 1775, but if you haven't read this book you probably know only some of the story.

There's a lot in this book, including some background of the events and a realistic look at our ancestors and their worldview. These people risked everything, fought and died for freedom and independence... not simply for themselves... but for to uphold what their ancestors had given them and for their unborn descendants.

There are a lot of entertaining stories and once the battle gets going you can't put the book down.

This book should be mandatory reading for both high school students and foreign college students.