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Battle Of Trenton
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The Delaware Crossing
Washington's plan hinged on an element of surprise compounded by inclement weather. The army embarked from McKonkey's Ferry (near present-day Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania) late on December 25th. The crossing of the Delaware River was complicated not only by heavy ice flows, which threatened to sink the specialized flat-bottomed Durham boats used for the crossing, but also by a phenomenon known as "Cryoge…