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Printed by John Haine and written from the British point of view, this account underestimates the number of British losses. Gage reported the number of officers and men killed as 249. The estimate of Americans killed is reasonably accurate, but American strength {p. R11} in the battle was about 1,000, not three times the British strength of 2,000. This broadside is almost certainly that called by James Warren a “pompous account” and a “lying paper” (to JA, 7 July, below).