. A history of the United States for secondary schools . (bTATfcO If /^ , ir Ocean. ton, withthe littlecreek As-sunpink be-tween him-self andCorn wall is,who cameto attackhim there inforce. The latter was now sure, as he expressed it, that he had ** rundown the old fox; but Washington, leaving his camp-fires burning and a few men working at entrenchments in TIIK SEAT ()!•• WAR HIH^WKKN TUl-: HUOSON 212 THE MAKING OF A NATION. front, slipped away during the night and marched rapidlytoward Princeton, where the British had collected Princeton he routed a body of 2000 tr
. A history of the United States for secondary schools . (bTATfcO If /^ , ir Ocean. ton, withthe littlecreek As-sunpink be-tween him-self andCorn wall is,who cameto attackhim there inforce. The latter was now sure, as he expressed it, that he had ** rundown the old fox; but Washington, leaving his camp-fires burning and a few men working at entrenchments in TIIK SEAT ()!•• WAR HIH^WKKN TUl-: HUOSON 212 THE MAKING OF A NATION. front, slipped away during the night and marched rapidlytoward Princeton, where the British had collected Princeton he routed a body of 2000 troops, takingBatueof more prisoners, and then, entering the town,jaimSy% gathered up more of the enemys ammunition?•^^^ and arms. From Princeton he moved on to the heights around Morristown, while Cornwallis fellback to New Brunswick. Substantially all that the Brit-ish had gained since Washington began his retreatthrough New Jersey was recovered by this brilliant cam-paign of ten days. These successes were immensely helpful to the Amer-ican cause, both at home and abroad
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