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Washington's Battles

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Day
27
Month
November
Year
1863
Copyright
Public Domain
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General Washiüglon's first battle was at Trenton, December !25, 1776, wlnch he wou : his second at Princeton, January 2, 1777, which be likowiso won ; his third was at Brandy wine, September H, 1777, in whieb be vas defeated by General Howe ; his fourtb was at Germántown, Ootober 4, 1777, wliere he was also defeated by Howe after a desperate engagement ; his fifth was at Monmouth, June 27, 1778, in which he was victorious ; and the sixth and elosing battle of the Revolutiun was fo ught at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, in which he was victorious by eapturing Genoral Cornwallis, with all his army, numbering 7,ÖUO men. Insumming up we find that he was victorious in four battles and defeated in two. In the two battles in which he was defeated, General Howe commanded the British', and Washington's troops wero very inferior in number to those of the Britiah commander.

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Old News
Michigan Argus