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  1. 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…