Paul Revere’s Ride: The Patriots Prepare for Battle

On April 16, 1775, he began collecting hints for a sudden attack on Concord in the next few days. Indeed, it is speculated that these secrets come from the wife of general Geiger, who may be sympathetic to the plight of his colleagues. With this type of information, Revere began planning to ride a horse to warn the surrounding countryside, and the red dress will surely reach the plunder of their military supplies.

British soldiers can take two routes: the land passing through Boston's neck and the sea across the Charles River. If the northern part of the United Kingdom landed in Lantern and was on the sea, there are two lanterns, prepare to light the signs of the Old North Church and prepare for local militias and citizens to remind the next attack It was.

On April 18, 1775, 700 British soldiers commanded by Lieutenant Francis Smith gathered at Boston Park and boarded the ship to attack Concord. These soldiers include 8 grenade companies, or soldiers who standing at the forefront and throwing grenades on the enemy, and 8 light infantry companies. Meanwhile, Paul Reveier and the other two drivers, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, started riding their nights to wake up and warn the citizens to start attacking. They tried to convince Adams and Hancock to leave the city when faced with the possibility of arrests to ensure safety Levinton, Samuel Adams and John Hancock on their way to the Second Continental Congress on their way I shunned with. . Libya was later caught, but fortunately a patriot, this happened after the British attack news was conveyed.

"Pole Libya Cycling" (1860) is a poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Long Fellow, in commemoration of the American patriot Paul Libya's action on April 18, 1775 despite being present. Significant inaccuracy This was first published in the January 1961 issue of Atlantic Monthly. I renamed the "Wallsided's Tale" of the story set later at Wayside Inn. This poem is what the landlord of the Wayside Inn said, a partial fictional story of Paul Revere. In this poem, Libya told his friends to prepare a signal to tell the Old North Church (North End, Boston) whether the British army attacks on land or off the coast. He will wait for a signal across the Charles Town River to prepare for warning at Massachusetts state middle sex. An unknown friend went up to the minaret and quickly set two lights to inform Revere that the British are coming from the ocean. Leviton took his horse through Medford, Lexington and Concord to warn the patriot

Paul Libya testified to the Massachusetts State Assembly about the most famous late night ride in history. Congress wishes to decide that the United Kingdom first fired at the battle of Lexington and Concord. Paul Revere could not help them, but he did a wonderful story. I, Boston's Paul Revere, New England's colonies of Massachusetts Bay, legal age, witnessing say, Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston told me that I want to go to Dr. Joseph Warren in Boston around 10 pm on April 18 It was. At that time, go to Lexington and talk to Samuel Adams and Hong John Hancock Esq. There are soldiers consisting of light units and grenadiers marching to the public bottom where many ships can receive them; They are said to go to Lexington on the Cambridge River to pick them up or go to Concord to destroy the colony.