. Washington, the man of action . fii*F6t£» *«***... L •to - I. WASHINGTON when the man sent in a noteinforming him that the Americanswere coming, he thrust the letter,unopened, into his pocket. Thusthe vanguard of Washingtons forcereached the outskirts of Trenton un-heralded, and the fire of the fleeingsentinels first warned the sleepinggarrison of its danger. It was toolate then for any formidable resist-ance, and after a few volleys hadbeen exchanged, during which Col-onel Rail fell mortally wounded, hismen threw down their arms. Onlypausing long enough to visit thebedside of the unfor
. Washington, the man of action . fii*F6t£» *«***... L •to - I. WASHINGTON when the man sent in a noteinforming him that the Americanswere coming, he thrust the letter,unopened, into his pocket. Thusthe vanguard of Washingtons forcereached the outskirts of Trenton un-heralded, and the fire of the fleeingsentinels first warned the sleepinggarrison of its danger. It was toolate then for any formidable resist-ance, and after a few volleys hadbeen exchanged, during which Col-onel Rail fell mortally wounded, hismen threw down their arms. Onlypausing long enough to visit thebedside of the unfortunate Hessian 175 WASHINGTON commander and receive his parole,Washington gathered up the spoilof battle, which included six cannon,a thousand muskets, forty horses,fifteen standards, thirty officers andnearly a thousand men, and quicklyrecrossing the Delaware, reached hisheadquarters with a total loss ofthree men, all of whom were frozento death on the return journey. CHAPTER XII A BOLD MANEUVER THE fires of revolution, whichseemed to have been stampedout during
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