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PREVIEW: BATTLE OF THE ASSUNPINK CREEK, AKA THE SECOND BATTLE OF TRENTON: 1777: Author Patrick K. O'Donnell, "The Indispensables," profiles the Second Battle of Trenton when first-rate British Regulars looked to destroy Washington and his army of voluntee

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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PREVIEW: BATTLE OF THE ASSUNPINK CREEK, AKA THE SECOND BATTLE OF TRENTON: 1777: Author Patrick K. O'Donnell, "The Indispensables," profiles the Second Battle of Trenton when first-rate British Regulars looked to destroy Washington and his army of volunteers. More this weekend.

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K. O'Donnell. This is the marble headers, but it's also Washington.

0:55.1

The indispensable, says the name of the book, the diverse soldier mariners who shaped the country, formed the Navy, and rode Washington across the Delaware.

1:03.9

They also fought the second battle of Trenton. First battle across the Delaware and attack.

1:10.4

Second battle, when the British army closes in for the

1:15.1

kill, first raiders, to get Washington, to destroy his army. Patrick tells the story in the

1:24.0

indispensable about the marbleheaders, about Washington,

1:28.8

about the Second Battle of Trenton,

1:32.2

and how close we all came to remaining a member of the British Empire once upon a time.

1:39.5

We'd be Commonwealth today.

1:41.6

Here's Patrick.

1:43.4

Much more of this later.

1:46.1

This is also known as the Second Battle of Trenton, and a variety of factors basically

1:52.3

lead Washington back across the Delaware. It wasn't really necessarily initially part of

1:57.8

his plan. But John Ted Walleter and the Philadelphia Associators, it's a militia group, if you will,

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