Menotomy skirmish

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The Menotomy skirmish was a fierce running engagement during the opening day of the American Revolutionary War, fought in present-day Arlington, Massachusetts, as British troops retreated from the battles of Lexington and Concord.

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Menotomy skirmish canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Menotomy ⓘ
associatedPlace Massachusetts Avenue (historic road from Concord to Boston) ⓘ
associatedWith start of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
belligerent American colonial militia ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Province of Massachusetts Bay militia ⓘ
chronologicalOrder occurred after the fighting at Concord’s North Bridge ⓘ
occurred later the same day as the first shots at Lexington Green ⓘ
combatantRole British Army retreat column ⓘ
colonial militia harassing force ⓘ
commemoratedIn local historical markers in Arlington, Massachusetts ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date April 19, 1775 ⓘ
describedAs fierce engagement ⓘ
running skirmish along the road to Boston ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
American colonial period ⓘ
impact contributed to high British casualties on April 19, 1775 ⓘ
helped demonstrate effectiveness of colonial militia tactics ⓘ
location Menotomy, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
present-day Arlington, Massachusetts ⓘ
natureOfAction running engagement ⓘ
notableFor heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
intense house-to-house fighting ⓘ
participation of many local Massachusetts militia companies ⓘ
opposingForce British regular infantry ⓘ
Massachusetts Minutemen ⓘ
local Massachusetts militia ⓘ
partOf Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
Boston campaign ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Concord ⓘ
Battle of Lexington ⓘ
British retreat from Concord ⓘ
result Tactical American success ⓘ
sequenceInEvent occurred during British retreat from Concord to Boston ⓘ
strategicContext British attempt to return to Boston after destroying military stores in Concord ⓘ
tacticsUsed ambushes from behind walls and buildings ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks along the road ⓘ
sniping from houses ⓘ

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Battle of Menotomy → alsoKnownAs → Menotomy skirmish ⓘ
Battle of Arlington → hasAlias → Menotomy skirmish ⓘ