<P> Witnesses at the scene described several intermittent shots fired from both sides before the lines of regulars began to fire volleys without receiving orders to do so . A few of the militiamen believed at first that the regulars were only firing powder with no ball, but when they realized the truth, few if any of the militia managed to load and return fire . The rest ran for their lives . </P> <P> We Nathaniel Mulliken, Philip Russell, (and 32 other men ...) do testify and declare, that on the nineteenth in the morning, being informed that...a body of regulars were marching from Boston towards Concord...About five o'clock in the morning, hearing our drum beat, we proceeded towards the parade, and soon found that a large body of troops were marching towards us, some of our company were coming to the parade, and others had reached it, at which time, the company began to disperse, whilst our backs were turned on the troops, we were fired on by them, and a number of our men were instantly killed and wounded, not a gun was fired by any person in our company on the regulars to our knowledge before they fired on us, and continued firing until we had all made our escape . </P> <P> The regulars then charged forward with bayonets . Captain Parker's cousin Jonas was run through . Eight Lexington men were killed, and ten were wounded . The only British casualty was a soldier who was wounded in the thigh . The eight colonists killed were John Brown, Samuel Hadley, Caleb Harrington, Jonathon Harrington, Robert Munroe, Isaac Muzzey, Asahel Porter, and Jonas Parker . Jonathon Harrington, fatally wounded by a British musket ball, managed to crawl back to his home, and died on his own doorstep . One wounded man, Prince Estabrook, was a black slave who was serving in the militia . </P> <P> The companies under Pitcairn's command got beyond their officers' control in part because they were unaware of the actual purpose of the day's mission . They fired in different directions and prepared to enter private homes . Colonel Smith, who was just arriving with the remainder of the regulars, heard the musket fire and rode forward from the grenadier column to see the action . He quickly found a drummer and ordered him to beat assembly . The grenadiers arrived shortly thereafter, and once order was restored among the soldiers, the light infantry were permitted to fire a victory volley, after which the column was reformed and marched on toward Concord . </P>

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