... by the troops in two columns, commanded respectively by Howe and Pigot. The guns on the British ships, and a battery on Copp's Hill, in Boston, hurled random shots in abundance on the Americans on Breed's Hill . The occupants of the redoubt kept silent until the enemy had approached very near, when, at the word Fire! 1,500 of the concealed patriots suddenly arose and poured such a destructive storm of...