mr. hosmer. there were two casualties on a regular side. and john buttrick gave the order to fire back. as far as i know, that's the first time provincial troops had ever been ordered to fire on regular troops in america. it's a pretty significant moment. maybe most significant is the fact that the order was obeyed. i think it also might be the last time that day that anybody was ordered to fire. the firing never stopped, but no one had to order fire again. there were several regulars who were killed and wounded and they retreated back into town and then started their retreat. back to boston. by the time they got to merriam's corner, this was about noon, there were 1200 provincials very now they are outnumbered. so an encircling fire began, that's how it was described. the provincials are going round and round the regular troops and firing on them. and that kept up for the whole rest of the day. and the regulars ran out and ammunition, they hadn't brought sufficient water for any rations and it was a long day. by the time they got to arlington, and would like some of them were throwing