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Washington Adopts Predatory War Strategy To Save Army
In late 1776 George Washington flees through New Jersey with 3 000 men whose enlistments expire, abandoning forts and pursuing a mobile war. He shifts to a land-focused strategy, surviving through movement as Cornwallis advances and Hessians threaten across the Raritan River. Descriptions of desertions, cold nights, and wartime improvisation highlight a pivotal turn said to have saved independence.
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Sid Moody
George Washington
New Jersey
Fox
Fort Lee
Charles Cornwallis
Washington
Tom Paine
Philadelphia
Newark
Cornwallis
Van
Maryland
New Brunswick
Raritan River