Charleston Old North Church Concord Charles River Northbridge Lexington 1. American militia from all around Concord ambushed British soldiers as they marched over the bridge, killing or wounding over 200 2. The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here when 800 British soldiers fought against American Minutemen 3. Paul Revere had a horse waiting for him so he could warn the Patriots that the British were coming; The British returned here after the first fighting of the Revolution. 4. The British marched to Concord where Patriots had hidden gunpowder 5. The British crossed here to capture gunpowder and arrest Hancock and Adams and Paul Revere waited on a boat for the signal from the Old North Church 6. An American Spy used lanterns to send a signal from a bell tower that the British were coming across the river.