040.Princeton_CL - WDS American Revolutionary War
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| First Side: | Continental Army |
| Second Side: | British |
Date: 3 January 1777 - Scale/Size: Company Level, Large - Location: Princeton, New Jersey ~30 miles NE of Philadelphia.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - A long, slow, winter night march had the Americans strung out on the road to attack the Crown outpost at Princeton. The 4th Brigade, under the capable Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood, was headed south to Trenton to join in the attack on the rebel positions on the eastern side of the Assunpink Creek. In the early morning light, the armies saw each other on parallel roads. Mawhood sent dragoons back to warn the troops left behind and formed a line of battle with the troops he had at hand. The American column was a bit of a disorganized mess (based on the order of battle and contemporary maps and accounts). General Hugh Mercer led his brigade uphill towards the Princeton-Trenton Road. He was met by a strong British counterattack and overrun. This was depicted in John Trumbull’s The Death of General Mercer, one of his most important paintings. (And used on the back of the US $2 bill.)
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the American forces against the AI but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - A long, slow, winter night march had the Americans strung out on the road to attack the Crown outpost at Princeton. The 4th Brigade, under the capable Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood, was headed south to Trenton to join in the attack on the rebel positions on the eastern side of the Assunpink Creek. In the early morning light, the armies saw each other on parallel roads. Mawhood sent dragoons back to warn the troops left behind and formed a line of battle with the troops he had at hand. The American column was a bit of a disorganized mess (based on the order of battle and contemporary maps and accounts). General Hugh Mercer led his brigade uphill towards the Princeton-Trenton Road. He was met by a strong British counterattack and overrun. This was depicted in John Trumbull’s The Death of General Mercer, one of his most important paintings. (And used on the back of the US $2 bill.)
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the American forces against the AI but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer.
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