After the initial engagement , the Colonials were forced to withdraw from their positions in the Frontier and Bunker Hill in order to regroup and gather reinforcements . It became a battle of attrition for the British , as each elimination meant a long walk back to respawn and no reinforcements were coming to replace them . Slowly , but surely , the British force was reduced to just General Schwartz and a handful of British players , who held out for a significant period of time against a numerically superior Colonial force . The skirmish lasted 30 minutes or more , and though there was some confusion , a lone British player was able to , at least temporarily , secure a second Colonial flag . This player retreated south , crossing within visual range of the General Moseley , who was unable to pursue . Numerous Colonial fighters were redirected to eliminate the flag carrier and the flag was eventually returned to Colonial control .
As the first two hours of the Battle of Bunker Hill came to a close , the British and Colonials traded blow for blow and both came out achieving many of their mission objectives .
Mission Block 2 : Breed ’ s Hill and Moulton ’ s Hill With the first British attack halted , the Colonials continued to be put on the defensive with a second British assault incoming , this time with the goal of taking Breed ’ s Hill . Both sides were seeking to secure flip-sticks as well as the hill where they needed to plant their flag for the longest running amount of time during the one hour long mission block . The Colonials would again have to fight against the terrain and fight uphill into Breed ’ s Hill in order to plant their flag . Just before the second mission block was about to begin , Colonial Command tasked a volunteer group of players to fall back and take up positions defending the extreme rear of the Colonial positions as a precaution against a possible British insertion . With their plans in place , the Colonials were well prepared when the mission block began .
The British and Colonials met at the bottom of the Western edge of Breed ’ s hill and began to dig in for another long fight . The British were able to take up defensive positions in a tall tower and other structures looking down to the bottom of the hill and were able to stall the Colonial advance . Even worse for the Colonials , General Moseley radioed into his Command Staff that their second secret mission was to recover a prop body and stretcher . The Colonials knew exactly where the prop was located ; directly below the British held tower . However , as they say , fortune favors the bold , and less than five minutes from receiving the mission , the Colonials were able to coordinate an assault on the tower . They quickly popped smoke and stormed the tower . They managed to quickly recover the stretcher , with Captain Dan Hamilton and another Colonial returning it to Colonial Command .
On their way to capturing Breed ’ s Hill , the Colonials and British each quickly captured the flip-sticks closest to their starting points . As the Colonials pushed up into Breed ’ s Hill , they struggled to gain additional ground and their advance up the hill was halted by a staunch British front line . However , as luck would have it , both a second flip-stick and the actual control point for Breed ’ s Hill was within the Colonial ’ s reach . The Colonial Flag was quickly raised over Breed ’ s Hill , and the second of three flipsticks was also turned to blue , neither of which would fall again .
As the mission block was coming to a close , the Colonials had the opportunity to gather approximately 10 players to insert behind British lines with the hope of capturing the third flip-stick , or simply causing chaos . Leading this group was Colonial XO Scott Forbes and Captain Dan Hamilton , and they were inserted into the “ Brush ” field to the North East of British held positions .
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