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5:00 AM - 25 Dec 2017
Posted on 12/25/2017 5:30:30 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
During the American Revolution, Patriot General George Washington crosses the Delaware River with 5,400 troops, hoping to surprise a Hessian force celebrating Christmas at their winter quarters in Trenton, New Jersey. The unconventional attack came after several months of substantial defeats for Washington’s army that had resulted in the loss of New York City and other strategic points in the region.
At about 11 p.m. on Christmas, Washington’s army commenced its crossing of the half-frozen river at three locations. The 2,400 soldiers led by Washington successfully braved the icy and freezing river and reached the New Jersey side of the Delaware just before dawn. The other two divisions, made up of some 3,000 men and crucial artillery, failed to reach the meeting point at the appointed time.
At approximately 8 a.m. on the morning of December 26, Washington’s remaining force, separated into two columns, reached the outskirts of Trenton and descended on the unsuspecting Hessians. Trenton’s 1,400 Hessian defenders were groggy from the previous evening’s festivities and underestimated the Patriot threat after months of decisive British victories throughout New York. Washington’s men quickly overwhelmed the Germans’ defenses, and by 9:30 a.m. the town was surrounded. Although several hundred Hessians escaped, nearly 1,000 were captured at the cost of only four American lives. However, because most of Washington’s army had failed to cross the Delaware, he was without adequate artillery or men and was forced to withdraw from the town.
The victory was not particularly significant from a strategic point of view, but news of Washington’s initiative raised the spirits of the American colonists, who previously feared that the Continental Army was incapable of victory.
The YouTube Channel I referenced in #16 that has much “Q” reporting.
https://www.youtube.com/user/BPEarthWatch/videos?disable_polymer=1
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#MerryChristmas! Did you know several big #military events have happened on #Christmas? Find out which ones: http://go.usa.gov/x8eCT
5:00 AM - 25 Dec 2017
Not positive if this is truth or fiction. I heard Washington crossed the Delaware to get a Pork Roll Samich!
Merry Christmas neighbor.
Hopefully this is the beginning to completely take down the Deep State traitors and their supporters...
Wasn’t there a ridiculous ‘controversy’ about the fob from Washington’s pocket watch being in an ‘inappropriate’ location a few years ago?
Thank you saved me the time to post it.
Fob eh? They had pocket watches back then?
Thanks for the info. I always thought of this phase of the war as more guerilla than conventional. Nothing like a sneak attack at dawn in a snowstorm after a night of heavy drinking.
Yeah, cross into Jersey with arms today and get yourself arrested by latter-day Hessians working for the “King” of that dark and fascist People’s Repubik.
I am SO glad to have escaped there, and to have arrived in Texas, Free America 17 years ago TODAY!
“Not positive if this is truth or fiction. I heard Washington crossed the Delaware to get a Pork Roll Samich!”
Sigh. Everyone knows it was for a Taylor Ham samich! LOL.
Merry Christmas to you!
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Peace of cake for Glover’s boys from Marblehard.
Sheesh ... Marblehead. Santa John Robinson, can we have an edit feature for Christmas? (whadda do you mean, preview your posts?)
“The victory was not particularly significant from a strategic point of view, but news of Washington’s initiative raised the spirits of the American colonists, who previously feared that the Continental Army was incapable of victory.”
as well as to give Benjamin Franklin in Paris a positive talking point in trying to get the French to go to war against the British on the side of the Patriots, which they eventually did.
the ten days that changed the world, washington’s crossing the delaware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF-Y7s_YIAU
“some smart fires” and a “smart engagement.”
I’m sure that’s rather euphemistic and understatement.
Merry Christmas to all of us DeplorableAmerican1776...
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