Citation - New England Chronicle-Cambridge: 1775.10.12

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Index Entry Drummers, in Charlestown, British casualties 
Location Charlestown 
Citation
NECH-C.775.022
5-12 Oct 1775:41 (8/376)
London, July 25/ Return of the . . . [casualties at
Charlestown, June 17, 1775 listed by regiment]. . .
Total . . . 1 drummer killed, 12 drummers wounded
July 29. The account of the late action between the
Americans and the troops of General Gage, is one of the most
evasive and unsatisfactory that was ever yet obtruded on the
public, . . . [the General] prudently omits to say whether
any such advantage has been gained, as may be supposed to
make up for the loss of " one Lieutenant Colonel . . . one
drummer . . . killed; . . .twelve drummers. . . wounded, . .
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Generic Title New England Chronicle-Cambridge 
Date 1775.10.12 
Publisher Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer 
City, State Cambridge, MA 
Year 1775 
Bibliography B0022147
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