The Glorious Cause (2009)
“WASHINGTONSEPTEMBER 11, 1777With the first light, the creek had been shrouded in a low carpet of fog, but as the sun rose, the air grew thick and warm, the hum of insects filling the dense brush that hid much of Washington’s army. He had placed his troops into a compact line along the Brandywine, with a regiment of light infantry spread just across the creek, the men who would seek out the first contact with Howe’s advancing army. By midmorning, those men had scampered across the Brandywine in ...a hasty retreat, pursued by the enemy who was not British but Hessian. The blue-coated soldiers did not follow the Americans across the fords of the Brandywine, and it was clear that the Hessians had not intended to start a general engagement. Instead, they backed away along a high ridge west of the creek, just beyond the view of Washington’s lookouts. As the enemy troops disappeared, the lookouts could see a line of black specks spreading along the crest of the hill, the Hessian field artillery moving into place.MoreLess
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