WASHINGTON, George.] The Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser , Vol. IX No. 439. Boston: Powars and Willis, 16 January 1777. 4 page, broadsheet (15 ¾ x 10in.) . Printed in three-columns (woodcut device on masthead “Appeal to Heaven, Independence.”)
WASHINGTON, George.] The Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser , Vol. IX No. 439. Boston: Powars and Willis, 16 January 1777. 4 page, broadsheet (15 ¾ x 10in.) . Printed in three-columns (woodcut device on masthead “Appeal to Heaven, Independence.”) “THE MEN BEHAVED WITH THE UTMOST BRAVERY” BOSTON LEARNS OF WASHINGTON’S GREAT VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF TRENTON AFTER CROSSING THE DELAWARE and surprising the Hessian garrison. Colonel Rall “was deep in an alcoholic sleep” (Boatner) when Washington led his 2,000 man force against the Germans. The paper takes up the dramatic story: early morning on 26 December “the whole body, which did not exceed 2400 Men, had crossed the Delaware…the attack began about 7 o’Clock…The men behaved with the utmost Bravery, finding that their Guns did not generally go off, owing to their having been exposed to the Snow and Rain for six hours, the men charged Bayonets, and with three Chears rushed like Blood-Hounds upon the Hessians, who, astonished at their Fury, fled or threw down their arms
WASHINGTON, George.] The Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser , Vol. IX No. 439. Boston: Powars and Willis, 16 January 1777. 4 page, broadsheet (15 ¾ x 10in.) . Printed in three-columns (woodcut device on masthead “Appeal to Heaven, Independence.”)
WASHINGTON, George.] The Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser , Vol. IX No. 439. Boston: Powars and Willis, 16 January 1777. 4 page, broadsheet (15 ¾ x 10in.) . Printed in three-columns (woodcut device on masthead “Appeal to Heaven, Independence.”) “THE MEN BEHAVED WITH THE UTMOST BRAVERY” BOSTON LEARNS OF WASHINGTON’S GREAT VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF TRENTON AFTER CROSSING THE DELAWARE and surprising the Hessian garrison. Colonel Rall “was deep in an alcoholic sleep” (Boatner) when Washington led his 2,000 man force against the Germans. The paper takes up the dramatic story: early morning on 26 December “the whole body, which did not exceed 2400 Men, had crossed the Delaware…the attack began about 7 o’Clock…The men behaved with the utmost Bravery, finding that their Guns did not generally go off, owing to their having been exposed to the Snow and Rain for six hours, the men charged Bayonets, and with three Chears rushed like Blood-Hounds upon the Hessians, who, astonished at their Fury, fled or threw down their arms
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