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BUNKER HILL day a strong redoubt was already completed on Breed's Hill. About 1,500 Americans advanced successively to the relief of Prescott. At about 2:30 o'clock, two columns of the British advanced to a simultaneous assault; they were received with a terrific fire, and twice

repulsed in disorder. When the Americans had exhausted all their ammunition, Prescott gave the order for retreat. They received a destructive volley as they left the redoubt. The retreat was harassed by a raking fire from the British ships and batteries, but there was no pursuit beyond Charlestown Neck. The British loss was 226 officers and men killed, and 828 wounded; that of the Americans 145 killed or missing, and 304 wounded. Although a defeat, The Americans had seen superior numthe moral result of this action was great. bers of the disciplined soldiers of England retreat before their fire, and given the proof that they were able to defend their liberties. On Breed's Hill stands now the Bunker Hill Monument, the cornerstone of which was laid by the Marquis de Lafayette, June 17, 1825. This monument was unveiled June 17, 1843. It consists of a plain granite shaft, 220 feet high, 31 feet square at the base, and 15 at the top. Within is a winding staircase, by which it is ascended to a chamber immediately under the apex, 11 feet in diameter, containing four windows, which afford a magnificent panoramic view of the surrounding country.

BUNNER, HENRY CUYLER, American poet and story writer, born in Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1855; became a journalist in 1873, and was editor of "Puck" from shortly after its start till his death. Author of "A Woman of Honor" (1883); "Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere" (1884); "The Midge" (1886); "The Story of a New York House" (1887); "Zadoc Pine and Other Stories" (1891); "Short Sixes" (1891); "The Runaway Browns" (1892); "Jersey Street and Jersey Lane" (1896); and "In Partnership," with Brander Matthews (1883). Also a play, "The Tower of Babel" (1883); and uncollected magazine articles. He died in Nutley, N. J., May 11, 1896.

BUNSEN, CHRISTIAN KARL JOSIAS, BARON, a German diplomatist and scholar, born at Korbach, Waldeck, Aug. 25, 1791. In 1815 he made the acquaintance of Niebuhr, who shortly after procured for him the post of secretary to the Prussian Embassy at Rome. In 1824 he was appointed chargé d'affaires, and afterward Minister. After a stay of 12 years in Rome he was sent, as Prussian Minister, first to Switzerland, and then to England, where he remained till the breaking out of the Eastern difficulty in 1854. In his official capacity he won the esteem of all, and with Great Britain especially he was connected by many ties. His later years were spent at Heidelberg and at Bonn, exclusively in literary pursuits. Among his best known works are "The Constitution of the Church of the Future" (1845); "Egypt's Place in the World's History" (1845); "Hippolytus and His Time" (1851); and lastly, his greatest 16-Vol. II-Cyc