Battle of Trenton, Washington in command.
The surprise attack on Christmas night 1776 was the first major victory by the colonial army headed y George Washington. The group of troops from Trenton , NJ surprised the Hessian forces who were groggy after the Christmas celebrations.
German mercenaries in the Revolutionary War were known as Hessians. They were the bulk of the soldiers defeated by Continental troops at the Battle of Trenton on the Delaware River.
THE DEFEAT OF MORE THAT 900 HESSIAN MERCENARIES
The Battle of Trenton (New Jersey) was fought on December 26, 1776, when Washington's troops crossed the icy Delaware River in a snowstorm to attack the Hessian garrison. As many as 1000 of the German troops were captured, and their commander, Johann Rall, was mortally wounded.
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the AmericanRevolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing.
Valley Forge wasn't a battle. It was the winter quarters for Washington's troops. They left from Valley Forge for Trenton where they took the Hessian mercenaries by surprise.
Hessian mercenaries, under the employ of the British government.
On December 26, 1776, Washington's troops were victorious in the Battle of Trenton, primarily against the Hessians, German mercenaries fighting for the British.
The nation of Great Britain, as well as Hessian mercenaries and certain American Indian tribes of the Iroquis Confederacy.
German mercenaries had a reputation for being particularly brutal in battle.
The surprise attack on Christmas night 1776 was the first major victory by the colonial army headed y George Washington. The group of troops from Trenton , NJ surprised the Hessian forces who were groggy after the Christmas celebrations.
German mercenaries in the Revolutionary War were known as Hessians. They were the bulk of the soldiers defeated by Continental troops at the Battle of Trenton on the Delaware River.
George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River and attacked on December 26, 1776. They took the Hessians by surprise.
THE DEFEAT OF MORE THAT 900 HESSIAN MERCENARIES
German mercenaries had a reputation for being particularly brutal in battle.
The battle of Trenton
German mercenaries had a reputation for being particularly brutal in battle.