Question

Why did the American officers tell the volunteers not to fire "until you see the whites of their eyes"?
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Answer 1

Give me one sec I have to go close the question in the Math section

Answer 2

Are there any options?

Answer 3

Nope

Answer 4

"The famous order "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" was popularized in stories about the battle of Bunker Hill. It is uncertain as to who said it there, since various histories, including eyewitness accounts,[79] attribute it to Putnam, Stark, Prescott, or Gridley, and it may have been said first by one, and repeated by the others. It was also not an original statement. The idea dates originally to the general-king Gustavus Adolphus (1594 – 1632) who gave standing orders to his musketeers: "never to give fire, till they could see their own image in the pupil of their enemy's eye"" If you'd like to read more on it... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill

Answer 5

Just try to answer it in your own words :P But you can still use that to reword it yourself