It was another net win for the Americans as the HMS Falcon, which had originally been assigned to the Colonies to enforce the Intolerable Acts, took a run at stealing livestock in order to provision the British who were stuck in Boston during the siege.

Unfortunately for them, the Colonists were wise to their moves and took appropriate action…more than once.

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