Show dont fire till I 1 some day some time somebody w will ill establish with certainty who actually gave this famous order that it was issued at bunker hill on june 17 1775 to the Conti continentals Continent rentals als who were about to be attacked by the british regulars under the corn command of william howe is agreed a as s is also the circumstance that the minutemen were short of ammunition and heavily outnumbered traditionally credit for the line goes to col william prescott who knowing that his men would be tempted by the crimson coats and white breeches of the kings grena diers and cognizant of his troops lack of sufficient equipment had them hold their fire till the enemy was almost upon them others to whom the words have been attributed are corporals israel putnam warren and stark the last of whom is said to have adjured his men dont fire t till ill you see the whites of their r eyes or mollie starks a widow I 1 |