... fought between roughly 70 colonial minutemen commanded by Captain John Parker, and about 700 British soldiers. Thee British were marching onto Concord, Massachusetts, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith. British General Thomas Gage had ordered his men to march to Concord, and take, or destroy the Americans hidden supply of arms and ammunition, which was being stored in the ... by the surrender of British troops on October 19, 1781. During the fighting American and French land forces under General George Washington collaborated with a French fleet commanded by Admiral F...

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... ), he saw action against the French. In 1751, he eloped with Lady Charlotte Stanley, the fifteen-year-old relative of his close friend from the Westminster School in London, James Smith Stanley, once again selling his commission. Escaping creditors, he and his bride moved to France. Though he was no longer in the military, he maintained a commitment to a military career, reading ... also loved music, playing the flute, pianoforte and harpsichord, and collected compositions of renowned composers. Wolfgang Mozart, as a child prodigy, performed for George III several times. He tried to pers...

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