▁ 1 0 ▁P . M . ▁and ▁rode ▁ ▁in ▁three ▁hours . ▁He ▁met ▁with ▁Re vere ▁shortly ▁before ▁ 1 ▁A . M . ▁at ▁the ▁Han cock - C lar ke ▁House ▁in ▁Lex ington , ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁morning ▁of ▁April ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 7 7 5 , ▁hours ▁before ▁the ▁Batt les ▁of ▁Lex ington ▁and ▁Con cord ▁initi ated ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 7 7 5 , ▁during ▁the ▁Sie ge ▁of ▁Boston , ▁the ▁Ne ck ▁was ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁eng agement ▁between ▁a ▁hand ful ▁of ▁British ▁regular s ▁and ▁two ▁hundred ▁Col onial ▁volunte ers . ▁The ▁Col onial s ▁approached ▁to ▁within ▁a ▁few ▁hundred ▁yards ▁of ▁the ▁guard house ▁through ▁the ▁mar sh es ▁on ▁either ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁neck ▁with ▁two ▁art illery ▁pieces , ▁while ▁a ▁small ▁det achment ▁of ▁six ▁men ▁circ led ▁behind ▁the ▁guard house . ▁On ▁a ▁signal ▁from ▁the ▁forward ▁det achment , ▁the ▁two ▁can n ons ▁fired ▁into ▁the ▁house . ▁When ▁the ▁gu ards ▁ran ▁out , ▁the ▁Col onial s ▁fired ▁on ▁them ▁from ▁their ▁positions ▁in ▁the ▁mar sh es , ▁w ounding ▁some ▁and ▁forcing ▁them ▁to ▁retre at ▁toward ▁Boston . ▁The ▁det achment ▁then ▁burn ed ▁the ▁guard house ▁and ▁another ▁structure ▁and ▁captured ▁two ▁mus k ets ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁other ▁weapons . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁whether ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁British