. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. him was stronger than Washingtonsarmy. Washington was beaten and driven out ofBrook-lyn. Then he had to leave New that he marched away into New Jersey tosave his army from being taken. At last he crossedthe Del-a-ware River. Here he was safe for a while. Some of the Hes-sian soldiers that the kine hadhired to fight against the Americans came toTrenton. Trenton is on the Del-a-ware River. Washington and his men were on the other sideof the Del-a-ware River from the Hes-sians. Wash-ingtons men were dis-cour-aged. They had beendriven b
. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. him was stronger than Washingtonsarmy. Washington was beaten and driven out ofBrook-lyn. Then he had to leave New that he marched away into New Jersey tosave his army from being taken. At last he crossedthe Del-a-ware River. Here he was safe for a while. Some of the Hes-sian soldiers that the kine hadhired to fight against the Americans came toTrenton. Trenton is on the Del-a-ware River. Washington and his men were on the other sideof the Del-a-ware River from the Hes-sians. Wash-ingtons men were dis-cour-aged. They had beendriven back all the way from Brook-lyn. It waswinter, and they had no warm houses to stay had not even warm clothes. They weredressed in old clothes that people had given of them were bare-footed in this cold weather. The Hes-sians and other soldiers of the kinorwere waitins: for the river to freeze over. Thenthey would march across on the ice. They meantto fight Washington once more, and break up hisarmy. 62 But Wash- ington was think-. Marching to Trenton. some- He was waiting forChristmas. He knewthat the Hessian sol-diers on the other sideof the river would eatand drink a great dealon Christmas Eve. The niofht before Christmas came. The Hessians were sino^ino^ anddrinking in Trenton. But Washington was march-ing up the river bank. Some of his bare-footmen left blood marks on the snow as they men and cannons were put into flat boats were pushed across the river withpoles. There were many great pieces of ice in theriver. But all night long the flat boats were pushedacross and then back again for more men. \ 63 It was three oclock on Christmas mornine whenthe last Americans crossed the river. It was hail-ing and snowing, and it was very cold. Two orthree of the soldiers were frozen to death. It was eight oclock on Christmas morning whenWashington got to Trenton. The Hessians w^eresleeping soundly. The sound of the Americandrums w^aked them. Th
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