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The Battle of Princeton was a conflict of the American War of Independence that occurred on January the 3rd, 1777. After his bold stroke at the Battle of Trenton, George Washington found himself confronted by Charles Cornwallis. Being unable to cope with his superior force, he resorted to strategy. Leaving his camp-fires burning and a few men working in the trenches, he passed around the British left and encountered their reinforcements at Princeton. These he routed, thus cutting the British line, forcing Charles Cornwallis to retreat upon New York, and making himself master of communication between New York and Philadelphia.
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