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Battle of Princeton January 2-3, 1777. Nearly 1200 British soldiers were attacked by Washington’s forces of 1600 Continental Army soldiers plus 4000 militia reinforcements British General Cornwallis was unable to bring up his reinforcements before Washington forced the British to surrender
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Battle of Princeton January 2-3, 1777 • Nearly 1200 British soldiers were attacked by Washington’s forces of 1600 Continental Army soldiers plus 4000 militia reinforcements • British General Cornwallis was unable to bring up his reinforcements before Washington forced the British to surrender • Washington then marched to Morristown, New Jersey, set up his winter camp and waited for spring to attempt to take Philadelphia
Fall of Ticonderoga, July 2-6 1777 • Colonials led by Ethan Allen seized Ticonderoga from the British in 1775 • American commanders were warned in 1775 and 1776 that if the British placed large guns on heights above fort, those cannons could reduce Ticonderoga to rubble, and the cannons could not be reached by American fire • Commanders assured themselves that the British would not be able to place cannons on the heights (named “Sugar Loaf”), but the British did • A British force led by General John Burgoyne marched on Ticonderoga in July, 1777, and the Americans fled the fort under cover of darkness on July 5. • British captured the fort without firing a shot
