Battle Of Trenton Battle Analysis

It is December, 1776 and over the course of the next 10 days we won two crucial battles. we defeated a intense garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. We have been through alot, we have done a lot to survive. For the most part we have suffered tremendous casualties through all of the battles we have been through, but we’ve been through thick and thin and some of have survived. Sleet and snow is beginning to fall, after i crossed the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, i led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle,nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, a number of losses due to the Americans.The battle pitted approximately 2,400 soldiers of the Continental Army,commanded by my authority, up against about 1,400 Hessian soldiers commanded by Colonel Johann Rall.

My forces caught them off guard and, after a short but fierce resistance,most most of the Hessian surrendered. Almost two thirds of the 1,500-man garrison was captured, and only a few troops escape across Assunpink Creek. Despite the small number ,the American victory inspired rebels in the colonies. With the success of the Revolution in doubt a week earlier, the army seemed on the verge of collapsing.The dramatic victory inspired soldiers to solve longer and attracted new recruits to the