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George Washington - Returned to New Jersey

Time: Saturday Jan 4, 1777

Place: Delaware river, U.S.

Details: Washington retreated across the Delaware to Pennsylvania but returned to New Jersey on January 3, launching an attack on British regulars at Princeton, with 40 Americans killed or wounded and 273 British killed or captured.

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