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That same night, with the aid of the moonlight, they threw up two redoubts  performing a task, which, as Lord Howe exclaimed in dismay the following morning, was "more in one night than my whole army could have done in a month." THAT SAME NIGHT WITH THE AID OF MOONLIGHT THEY THREW UP TWO REDOUBTS PERFORMING A TASK WHICH AS LORD HOWE EXCLAIMED IN DISMAY THE FOLLOWING MORNING WAS MORE AND ONE NIGHT THAN MY WHOLE ARMY COULD HAVE DONE IN A MONTH
s that Dorchester Heights won its fame. It was in the winter of 1776, when the British, under Lord Howe, were occupying Boston, and had fortified every place which seemed important. By some curious oversight--which seems incredible to us as we actually stand upon the top of this conspicuous hill--they forgot this spot. When Washington saw what they had not seen--how this unique position commanded both the city and the harbor--he knew that his opportunity had come. He had no adequate cannon or siege guns, and the story of how Henry Knox--afterward General Knox--obtained these from Ticonderoga and brought them on, in the face of terrific difficulties of weather and terrain, is one that for bravery and brains will never fail to thrill. On the night of March 4, the Americans, keeping up a cannonading to throw the British off guard, and to cover up the sound of the moving, managed to get two thousand Continental troops and four hundred carts of fascines and intrenching tools up on the hill. S THAT DORCHESTER HEIGHTS WON ITS FAME IT WAS IN THE WINTER OF SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SIX WHEN THE BRITISH UNDER LORD HOWE WERE OCCUPYING BOSTON AND HAD FORTIFIED EVERY PLACE WHICH SEEMED IMPORTANT BY SOME CURIOUS OVERSIGHT WHICH SEEMS INCREDIBLE TO US AS WE ACTUALLY STAND UPON THE TOP OF THIS CONSPICUOUS HILL THEY FORGOT THIS SPOT WHEN WASHINGTON SAW WHAT THEY HAD NOT SEEN HOW THIS UNIQUE POSITION COMMANDED BOTH THE CITY AND THE HARBOR HE KNEW THAT HIS OPPORTUNITY HAD COME HE HAD NO ADEQUATE CANNON OR SIEGE GUNS AND THE STORY OF HOW HENRY KNOX AFTERWARD GENERAL KNOX OBTAINED THESE FROM TIE CONDAROGA AND BROUGHT THEM ON IN THE FACE OF TERRIFIC DIFFICULTIES OF WEATHER AND TERAIN IS ONE THAT FOR BRAVERY AND BRAINS WILL NEVER FAIL TO THRILL ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH FOURTH THE AMERICANS KEEPING UP A CANNONADING TO THROW THE BRITISH OFF GUARD AND TO COVER UP THE SOUND OF THE MOVING MANAGED TO GET TWO THOUSAND CONTINENTAL TROOPS AND FOUR HUNDRED CARTS OF FACIENES AND ENTRENCHING TOOLS UP ON THE HILL
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