Washingtons Crossing
Washingtons Crossing Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men…
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Washingtons Crossing
Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia.Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die.
The Americans held off a counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then were almost trapped by the British force. A second battle of Trenton followed within days. Under cover of night, Washington's men stole behind the enemy and struck them again, defeating a brigade at Princeton.
The British were badly shaken. In