{"product_id":"mbhl-19","title":"MBHL-19 - Marines  | John Jenkins Designs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMBHL-19 - Two British Marine Light Infantry | John Jenkins Designs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis two-figure set depicts British Marine Light Infantry engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe figures include one Marine standing and ramming his musket during the loading process and a second kneeling and firing his weapon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe contrasting poses represent two important stages of eighteenth-century musket warfare, when soldiers were required to load and fire their muzzle-loading weapons repeatedly during an engagement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe British Marines were organised into battalions for the fighting around Boston and participated in the assaults against the American colonial position on Breed's Hill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough the British had superior numbers and professional military experience, their initial attacks encountered determined resistance from the defenders occupying the earthwork fortifications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe American forces successfully repulsed two major assaults before eventually withdrawing during the third, after their ammunition supplies became exhausted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fighting resulted in heavy British casualties and became one of the important early engagements of the American War of Independence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMBHL-19 is ideal for collectors wishing to create a British Marine firing position or extend an existing infantry formation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt can be displayed alongside MBHL-20 and the larger four-figure Marine Light Infantry sets to represent the British assault on Breed's Hill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow available from The Military Workshop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53376975896858,"sku":"MBHL-19","price":145.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/0154\/0890\/files\/MBHL-19.jpg?v=1793964824","url":"https:\/\/themilitaryworkshop.com\/products\/mbhl-19","provider":"The Military Workshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}