![]() ![]() The Americans repelled an attack by Lord Cornwallis, but were nearly trapped. A second battle of Trentonįollowed a week later. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, Washington led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. They created an opportunity for George Washington. In mid-December, the people of occupied New Jersey began to rise against British and German troops. Panic and despair spread through the states.Īs the author recounts in this riveting history, many Americans refused to let the Revolution die. ![]() George Washington lost 90 percent of his army, and was driven across the Delaware River. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. Six months after Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. ![]()
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