About+Our+Army

= __** Details About Our Brave Army: **__ by Michaela D'Onofrio = = =

** We are the Continental Army, ** __** Our Beliefs: **__ We as an army are fighting for our fellow colonists. We do not want to be taxed by the British and want to be an independent nation. We feel that the British have too much control over us. If you want freedom from the British, then we are the army for you. Help us put an end to British rule!
 * join us ** ** and help us in our fight to defeat the British! **

__** Who are we and what have we accomplished? **__ We are a Brave army that cares about our Country deeply. Our commanders are General George Washington and his assistant General John Glover. John Glover led the army across the Delaware River during the Battle at Trenton. We have recently defeated the Hessians and made them surrender. Our brilliant commander, General Washington came up with the plan to attack the Hessians on December 25th, 1776. (Christmas!) He decided to attack on Christmas because the Hessians would be sleeping from staying up late and drinking. We attacked at 8:00 am when they were still sleeping, so they did not expect a thing. During the battle we did not loose any men nor were any of them hurt. The Hessians surrendered and the battle became a victory!

>> It began to rain...I had got thoroughly wet before we began our retrograde march, and the rain and half-melted snow and water was almost over shoes-our feet was drenched in water every step. I was seized with a kind of ague fit which lasted for half an hour. I went into an house with my teeth chattering in my head, but though my kind host made me a good fire and did everything to favor me, the fire failed to warm me for some time and I expected to have been taken down with a violent fever. After a while, however, I got warm, and made shift to get back to the ferry. Here we had to stand by the river until the prisoners were first got over. The wind by this time had shifted and blew a keen northwestern blast which chilled me to the heart...The ice was so thick near the shore as to bear for a rod or two. I went on the ice with a view to jump in, but it broke and let me into the river up to my waste, and the boat was filled before I could recover myself. The next boat, however, that struck I waded into the river to meet it, threw my gun into it, made leap with all my strength. I got in and got over to a fire, but almost dead with cold and fatigue. >> –William Chamberlain Ths account shows the risks that the British would take to defend America. This man went out in the cold and almost died to defend his country. This shows that these men are dedicated.

> After being made captive we were immediately transferred across the Delaware in boats, the river being full of ice, so that we had to resign ourselves to the possibility of death. The wind was so strong against us, and the ice prevented the boat I was in from reaching the shore, so that we were driven almost two miles down the Delaware. I therefore resolved, in order not to spend the night on this river, in such dreadful weather, and gradually to die, to jump into the river and either die quickly or to get on land. I did that and Lieutenant [Wilhelm] von Drach followed me, as did the troops in the boat. Fortunately we reached land, but had to wade through water up to our chest for seventy yards, breaking through ice in many places. It would have been no surprise if this destroyed our health and instead of a promotion and a good nest egg, returned home to an unhappy prince with a wasted body. > –Andreas Wiederholdt (Hessian) > This account shows that the Hessians were not as dedicated as the Colonists because they escaped the boats, rather then facing what was ahead.
 * If you are looking for an army that is dedicated and ready to win, then the Continental Army is the Army for you! We will fight in the worst conditions to defend our people!**



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