Washington huddled with his officers for a brief war council to decide: Should they still press on for Princeton to attack the British garrison there? His two youngest generals, Greene and Knox, said they should. The rest said that they should not: The two divisions that were supposed to cross to the south of them had not been able to make the crossing, leaving them exposed to reinforcements from the large Hessian outpost at Bordentown. The victory had been so complete and so necessary to boost morale that they should not jeopardize it. Besides, their troops were cold, wet, and exhausted. Even as they talked, troops were breaking into hogsheads of rum and numbing themselves with drink. At noon they marched out of Trenton, slogging along slushy roads the eight or nine miles to the river crossing, leaving behind 22 dead Hessians and many of the 84 wounded. With them were 918 prisoners and six brass cannon, hauled along by the drag ropes that Washington had insisted on bringing. The Americans had none killed and two slightly wounded, including future president James Monroe.
Again they stepped into the Durham boats to cross the Delaware at night with a cold wind driving ice floes down the valley; this time, three men who boarded the boats never made it alive to the other side. In crossing the Delaware, they froze to death.
Victory Or Death
With the help of a reunited Destiny's Edge, the Pact was able to accomplish the impossible: the slaying of an Elder Dragon. Zhaitan has fallen, and while the Pact's work is far from over, we have achieved a major victory. We agreed to continue the fight against the remaining Elder Dragons after we take a moment to honor those who have fallen and celebrate this triumph.
I returned to Fort Trinity and joined the assembly of soldiers, scholars, spies, and citizens celebrating the fall of Zhaitan. The Pact stood triumphant, but we did not delude ourselves. Swarms of Risen still roam Tyria, and there are four more Elder Dragons to contend with. We knew that soon we would once again rise up to defend our world, but that didn't stop us from taking this opportunity to savor a well-earned victory.
The modern Olympic device 'Participating is more important than winning' is certainly not applicable to the ancient games. The ancient mentality was rather one of 'over my dead body!'. Before the contest, athletes begged Zeus for 'victory or death'. Boxers or pancratiasts who had preferred death to defeat were set as examples. This ideal is comparable with the war ideal of 'dying for your country'.
In combat sports this ideal was on rare occasions converted into reality. Especially boxing and pankration were rough sports in which the athletes could get heavily wounded. In only a few cases the match indeed ended in the death of one of the athletes. The most famous example is probably the death of Arrichion.
The raid on Trenton lasted militarily between 30-45 minutes. Within two hours, the forces of Washington had control of all of Trenton. The Americans lost three men in the raid, one of whom froze to death, and six wounded. They captured 1,000 of the enemy and 1,000 stand of arms.
Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity.
Acknowledgments viiiTouring the Battlefield xiiiForeword Mike Cecere xxiChapter 1 The Darkest Hour: Fall 1776 1Chapter 2 The Times That Try Men's Souls: December 1776 17Chapter 3 Necessity, Dire Necessity: The Plan 29Chapter 4 The Crossing: Christmas 1776 37Chapter 5 The March on Trenton 47Chapter 6 The Battle of Trenton: December 26, 1776 55Chapter 7 The Aftermath 83Chapter 8 The Return to Trenton 89Chapter 9 The Battle of Assunpink Creek (The Second Battle of Trenton): January 2, 1777 95Chapter 10 The March to Princeton 115Chapter 11 The Battle of Princeton: January 3, 1777 125Chapter 12 The Army Maneuvers to Morristown 139Chapter 13 The Reaction to and Impact of the Campaign 143Appendix: The Battles of Trenton and Princeton in American Memory 153Order of Battle 158Suggested Reading 164About the Author 166Footnotes for this volume are available at -revolutionetry - war-series /victory-or-death-footnotes/Maps Hal JespersenBattle of Trenton Driving Tour xiiDowntown Trenton Driving Tour xivBattle of Princeton Driving Tour xviMarch on Trenton 48Battle of Trenton 56Battle of Assunpink Greek 96March to Princeton 116The Battle of Princeton 126Show Moreif(typeof performance.mark !== 'undefined' && typeof performance.measure !== 'undefined')performance.mark("Product_Tabs_loading_end");performance.measure("productTabsDur","Product_Tabs_loading_start","Product_Tabs_loading_end");Related Subjects American Revolutionary War New Jersey - State & Local History Princeton, Battle of, N.J., 1777 Trenton, Battle of, N.J., 1776 American Revolutionary War New Jersey - State & Local History Princeton, Battle of, N.J., 1777 Trenton, Battle of, N.J., 1776Customer Reviews$(function() {var isLoggedIn = false;var ratingsParams = categoryID: 'Products',streamID: '1125862769', /* use Product ID for unique identifier? SkuID? - prd9781611213812 - ProductID? */containerID: 'ratingsDisplay',width: '100%',showCommentButton: false,ratingTemplate: '',onReadReviewsClicked: gotoReviews,onLoad: function() $(".gig-average-review").html() ,ratingsParamsComments = {categoryID: 'Products',streamID: '1125862769',containerID: 'prodReviewInfo',ratingTemplate:'' +' 2ff7e9595c
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