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Noun: Bunker Hill
  1. The first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
    - battle of Bunker Hill

Type of: pitched battle

Part of: American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence

Encyclopedia: Bunker Hill, Morgan County, Indiana