Note 79 — Chapter III · 1718-1793. THE SECOND SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR—THE SIEGE OF OSTEND—LEXINGTON—BUNKER’S HILL.
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The reinforcements sent to Prescott raised the number of provincials on the peninsula to about 4000, but in Washington’s opinion not more than 1500 were engaged at any one time during the day.—Trevelyan’s ‘American Revolution,’ vol. i. p. 363.