It was a signal agreement. If the British army were coming by land, there would be one lantern showing. If the British army were coming by ship (sea), there would be two lanterns showing.
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"No body actually knows different story's been pasted on for years nobody actually knows if the British came by land or by sea different story's been pasted on for many years." Is NOT true. the real answer is.. They would hang two lanterns, light one if by land, two if by sea. Of course there wasn't a "3" because they didn't have airplanes! When it was night and two lanterns were lit and Paul Revere saw it, he jumped on his horse, and declared, "The British are coming!". Two other men joined his escapade to save the country.
They attacked by land and by sea from all sorts of angles and directions.
On April 18th, 1775 the signal was to tell Paul Revere whether the British were going to approach Lexington by sea or by land. A patriot placed two lamps in the tower and Paul Revere then spread the word to the rest of the patriots so they could be ready for the battle.
During Sherman's March to the Sea the troops were allowed to live off the land.
one definition of shore is the shore by the sea. This is simply the age of the sea, where the sea meets the land. The shore.
"By land and by sea."
Eagle-Air Globe-land Ancher-sea "In the Air, on Land, and Sea"
"By land and by sea."
the land next to a sea, seashore
a place or land next to a sea. which baisically means sea bound or sea side
The sea is at a particular level compared to land. Most land is above sea level (or it would be under the sea or very far inland). If you are a mile above sea level, then you are a mile above where the sea would be if there was no land there.
it reefers to a warning signal about the British invading in Revolutionary times.(Paul Revere)
and people if you get what i mean
Sea, Air, Land
SEa Air and Land
One if by land, two if by sea.