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The British commander in chief in America, General Thomas Gage, sent a task force of 700 soldiers to destroy the colonists' military depot established at Concord and capture the Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, on the night of April 18,1775.
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∙ 11y agoGeneral Thomas Gage, the British commander in chief in America, on Apr. 18, 1775, sent about 700 men to destroy the military depot at Concord and capture the patriot leader John Hancock and Samuel Adams.
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