On Tuesday 19 November 2002 02:25 pm, Trei, Peter wrote:
> > Mike Diehl[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > If I might ask, if they had suffered light casualties, why were they
> > in retreat?
>
> They were exhausted and outnumbered (the redcoats
> were a raiding party from Boston, trying to confiscate some cannon in
> Concord. They were hoping to suprise the militias, but failed.) Had
> they delayed longer, night would have fallen on them in hostile
> terrain before they got back to safe ground.
Makes sense. Thanx,
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