| Citation |
BG.776.003
29 Jan 1776:32 (1080)
Watertown, January 29. . . We hear that the enemy, the
evening on which our troops burnt the houses at Charlestown,
were entertaining themselves at the exhibition of a play,
which they called the Blockade of Boston; in the midst of
which a person appeared before the audience, and with great
earnestness, declared that the Yankees were attacking
Bunker's Hill. The deluded wretches, at first, took this to
be merely farcial, and intended as part of their diversion:
But soon convinced that the actor meant to represent a
solemn reality, the whole assembly left the house in
confusion, and scampered off with great precipitation.
|