. Princeton sketches : the story of Nassau Hall. ing his camp-fires burning to deceive the enemy,swept around his flank, and fell upon the bri-gade at Princeton. The first regiment of the Hessians had reachedStony Brook by the lower road, when theyencountered in the gray dawn the troops ofGeneral Mercer, who had come to destroy thebridge, and hinder a pursuit by Cornwallis. Asharp contest, and the enemy were driven backthrough the town to the college. The maincolumn of Washingtons army found the rest ofthe brigade drawn up along the ridge just westof the present seminary grounds. Before an at-
. Princeton sketches : the story of Nassau Hall. ing his camp-fires burning to deceive the enemy,swept around his flank, and fell upon the bri-gade at Princeton. The first regiment of the Hessians had reachedStony Brook by the lower road, when theyencountered in the gray dawn the troops ofGeneral Mercer, who had come to destroy thebridge, and hinder a pursuit by Cornwallis. Asharp contest, and the enemy were driven backthrough the town to the college. The maincolumn of Washingtons army found the rest ofthe brigade drawn up along the ridge just westof the present seminary grounds. Before an at-tack could be made they retreated to NassauHall, where doors were barricaded and win-dows broken out, in preparation for , again, they made no serious stand, but onWashingtons advance broke into open cannon shots fired by the Americans leftmarks on the walls, which can still be seen, andone ball, entering the chapel window, crashedthrough a full-length portrait of George II., re-moving his Majestys head. Washington hur-.
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