On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years.

• 在1775年7月3日，在马萨诸塞的剑桥，他指挥他那缺乏培训的军队开始战斗，拉开了之后持续六年的艰苦卓绝的战争。