that they armed themselves with sticks, rocks, bricks and snowballs;

用棍子石头砖块雪球把自己武装起来
planned the ringing of the bell

然后用钟声作为信号
so that Bostonians would rise up at the signal and attack the soldiers.

号召波士顿人民起义反抗当地军士
Okay. So this is what Gage assumes--and here is Gage's account.

这就是盖奇的分析他的报告如下
"Many people came out of their houses supposing a fire in the town,

"很多居民听到所谓的火警走出家门
and several officers on the same supposition were repairing to their posts;

一些官兵坚守在自己的岗位上
but meeting with mobs were reviled, attacked,

但暴民对官兵进行辱骂攻击
and those who could not escape knocked down

而一些官兵来不及躲闪被打倒在地
and treated with great inhumanity." Right?

受到残暴的对待"
"Those crude, nasty colonists are treating the soldiers very badly."

"那些粗野的殖民地居民暴打士兵"
"Different mobs paraded through the streets,

"暴徒们游走在街头
passing the several barracks and provoking the soldiers to come out.

路过兵营时就挑衅里面的士兵