<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battles of Lexington and Concord </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the American Revolutionary War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Romanticized 19th - century depiction of Battle of Lexington </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 19, 1775; 243 years ago (1775 - 04 - 19) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Middlesex County, Massachusetts Lexington: 42 ° 26 ′ 58.7" N 71 ° 13 ′ 51.0" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.449639 ° N 71.230833 ° W ﻿ / 42.449639; - 71.230833 ﻿ (Lexington) Coordinates: 42 ° 26 ′ 58.7" N 71 ° 13 ′ 51.0" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.449639 ° N 71.230833 ° W ﻿ / 42.449639; - 71.230833 ﻿ (Lexington) Concord: 42 ° 28 ′ 08.54" N 71 ° 21 ′ 02.08" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.4690389 ° N 71.3505778 ° W ﻿ / 42.4690389; - 71.3505778 ﻿ (Concord) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Strategic American victory </P> <Ul> <Li> British forces succeed in destroying cannon and supplies in Concord </Li> <Li> Militia successfully drive British back to Boston </Li> <Li> Start of the American Revolutionary War </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Massachusetts Bay </Td> <Td> Great Britain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Parker James Barrett John Buttrick John Robinson William Heath Joseph Warren Isaac Davis † </Td> <Td> Francis Smith John Pitcairn (WIA) Hugh Percy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lexington: 77 Concord: 400 End of Battle: 3,960 </Td> <Td> Departing Boston: 700 Lexington: 400 Concord: 100 End of Battle: 1,500 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 49 killed 39 wounded 5 missing </Td> <Td> 73 killed 174 wounded 53 missing </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battles of Lexington and Concord </Th> </Tr>

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