When the sun rose, the British were met with the sight of a fortification where none had stood the night before.
: Men dug with such intensity that they accomplished in hours what usually took days, all while listening to the British sentries on nearby ships cry "All's well". breed's hill
: By choosing Breed's Hill, the Americans gained a closer vantage point but risked being cut off from the mainland, a "sublime mistake" that the more professional British military failed to exploit immediately. The Crucible of Fire When the sun rose, the British were met