Reasons Why Bob Won The Battle Of Trenton

Pep talk
In 1776 the British thought they won the war and General Howe offered to pardon all rebels which the rebels signed a contract that promised to remain peaceful obedience to the king. Bob knew that he had to do something to win the war. So Bob reads Paine's pamphlet to the last of his troops. Bob had planned a sneak attack on the British troops where they were camping in the winter in Trenton. Late afternoon on December 26 1776 Bob took his troops across a river on small boats. Once they got across Bob’s troops found that Hessians sleeping off their Christmas feasts. All by surprise Bob got all the mercenaries to surrender and caught 868 prisoners without out losing anyone. 5 days later that week the troops caught 300 more mercenaries.

Both sides had the same strategy called the Military Strategy. The strategy was to defeat the other side in one huge battle. Bob just escaped New York barely he thought about his strategy. Now he wants to avoid large battles that put his army at risk. Bob’s army is now defensive which he will try to tire them out and then go in and defeat and defeat the British. The British also had a new strategy, they are going to take over the Hudson valley. “Okay we need to figure out a way to get into the Hudson valley” said a British troop. “Lets meet up in Albany, New York, where you can lead your troops south and I will lead mine north”. On June 1777 General Howe left with 8,000 troops to attack. “I'm so hungry and I need water”. Most of the troops were really hungry from the trip they took south. From there they met with General Howe and marched north from New York city. But their idea was a terrible Idea, the had to walk 20 miles through the wilderness, had to build bridges, had to cut down trees, and layout there right throughout the 20 miles. There were slowed down with 600 wagons and 30 of them were with the troops belongings. Also General Howe led his troops to Philadelphia, where he wanted to lead Washington into a big