 Pamwe chete nevamwe vake veBritish Army maGeneral Clinton naBurgoyne, Howe akasvika ikoko vari mungarava musi wa25 Chivabvu 1775, mushure mekunge adzidza munzira kuti hondo yakanga yatanga nekurwisana pamatanho kuLexington neConcord muna Kubvumbi. Cerberus yakapa rutsigiro rwomugungwa paHondo yeBunker Hill. Akatungamirira uto revarwi 4 000 rakatumwa kunosimbisa varwi 5 000 vaitungamirirwa naGeneral Thomas Gage vakanga vakakombwa muguta rachopashure pehondo idzodzo. Gage, Howe, uye maGeneral Clinton naBurgoyne vakakurukura zvirongwa zvokuputsa kukombwa. Vakagadzira chirongwa chokutora nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzakapoteredza Boston uye kurwisa mauto emarudzi akadzika misasa, vachiisa kuurayiwa kwacho musi wa18 June. Zvisinei, vagari vemo vakadzidza nezvechirongwa ichi uye vakasimbisa nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeBreeds Hill neBunker Hill iri pedyo neCharlestown peninsula mhiri kweRwizi rwaCharles kubva kuBoston usiku hwaJune 16-17, vachimanikidza hutungamiriri hweBritain kuti vafungisisezve zano ravo. 