Wrong-o, Evil. He snuck in at night, caught the Hessians drunk and stupid, and waxed'em proper. He also had a damn good spy in the neighborhood.
BTW, you need to get away from Old George as a Saint. Read
It's his own notes on the war. No saint, and lucky for us, no dummie, either! Let him be an inspiration to Cruz.
BTW.... Is there a FReeper out there who cannot recognize the MSM's fiendish conspiracy against Cruz?
"Let the Republicans ... all 50 of 'em) knock each other out in the primaries until the tattooed fatties in the Wal-Mart Parking Lot who decide elections (along with Ferguson Riot Types) get bored with'em, then we sneak in Hillary."
True on the part of catching them drunk and stupid, and while he started a night march, he arrived in the morning during daylight. And while the hessians might have been drunk and stupid, their powder was dry. The continental army went in with bayonets due to their powder being wet.
As for old George not being a saint, I have no doubt he was no saint. But, he’s still the one figure in history I look up to. And he’s the one figure in history our children should look up to.