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Is facing near certain defeat unless he can find a way to strike back. >> monsters! [ woman screams, musket fires ] [ musket fires, horse neighs ] >> rally the militia. go warn colonel griffin. go! >> when new jersey militiamen rally, under the command of colonel samuel griffin, it gives washington the opportunity he's looking for. >> it's impossible to imagine a more challenging time for george washington. he was being urged by other officers, who perhaps wanted his job, "hunker down and hold off, because a loss could finish us." he says "no, i'm doubling up, picking up the pace, and we're ...

>> later that day, raul dies from his injuries. but in mt. holly, the colonel and his 200 hessians are still very much alive. >> colonel! >> if they can reach trenton in time, washington's victories could turn to defeat. >> colonel! >> what is it? >> the americans have taken trenton. the colonel is dead. when you've been making delicious natural cheese for over 100 years like kraft has,

>> the americans have taken trenton. the colonel is dead. >> my god. >> by the time word reaches the colonel -- >> yes! >> -- washington has secured complete victory and christmas is to be celebrated by the americans, not the hessians. >> in the end, the hessian troops were routed to trenton and it became a gigantic propaganda victory for the americans and a huge public relations battle for the british. >> the battle of trenton was quick and decisive and impressive. hessian soldiers were even

>> general washington, i've come from jersey. have raised 600 men. i ask permission to lead them in action against the enemy. >> permission granted, colonel griffin. >> very good, sir. >> though griffin commands only a small volunteer militia, he's the key to washington's plan to cross the delaware river and attack the hessian garrison at trenton, new jersey. colonel glover, a word. >> washington knows that the capture of that hessian garrison in of itself is not going to turn the tide. but what it will do is have a galvanizing effect on the american people, to realize that that flame is still...

>> general washington, i've come from jersey. have raised 600 men. i ask permission to lead them in action against the enemy. >> permission granted, colonel griffin. >> very good, sir. >> though griffin commands only a small volunteer militia, he's the key to washington's plan to cross the delaware river and attack the hessian garrison at trenton, new jersey. colonel glover, a word. >> washington knows that the capture of that hessian garrison in of itself is not going to turn the tide. but what it will do is have a galvanizing effect on the american people, to realize that that flame is still...