Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on German ranks and currency
- Introduction
- 1 The German soldier trade
- 2 The Hessians go to America
- 3 The victories of 1776
- 4 The Battle of Trenton
- 5 The campaigns of 1777–81
- 6 Anglo-Hessian relations
- 7 The Hessian view of the American Revolution
- 8 Hessian plundering
- 9 Hessian desertion
- 10 Recruiting in Germany
- 11 The impact of the war on Hessen
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Battle of Trenton
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on German ranks and currency
- Introduction
- 1 The German soldier trade
- 2 The Hessians go to America
- 3 The victories of 1776
- 4 The Battle of Trenton
- 5 The campaigns of 1777–81
- 6 Anglo-Hessian relations
- 7 The Hessian view of the American Revolution
- 8 Hessian plundering
- 9 Hessian desertion
- 10 Recruiting in Germany
- 11 The impact of the war on Hessen
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
When a Regiment or Battalion is posted in a village, which is not far from the enemy, the Chief or Commander must immediately cause a Redoubt to be erected on a chosen spot or height, or where it is in some other way advantageous, which is large enough that the Regiment or Battalion has space for itself within.
I did not think that all the Rebels in America would have taken that Brigade prisoners.
The fall of Forts Washington and Lee was followed by Cornwallis's pursuit of Washington's fast dwindling army. The rebellion was collapsing in military failure. Nicholas Cresswell, an English traveller, noted the inability of rebel recruiters to get men by any means, although their bounty was £12. On 25 November Cornwallis set off after Washington with the élite of the army, British grenadiers and light infantry, Hessian Jäger and grenadiers. On 28 November he entered Newark just as Washington's rearguard was leaving the town. For three days he pursued, and on 1 December approached Brunswick close on Washington's trail. Donop's corps posted itself on the high ground opposite the town, and receiving an enemy cannonade with only trifling loss, succeeded by the activity of the Jdger in preventing the rebels destroying entirely the bridge about half a league from the town. Washington was forced to yield up Brunswick and continue his retreat towards Princeton.
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- The Hessians , pp. 84 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1980