 Editor in Chief Bill   | 29 Dec 2018 2:36 p.m. PST |
Which battle best represents Washington's skill as a general? |
Winston Smith  | 29 Dec 2018 3:27 p.m. PST |
Trenton. The whole campaign. |
 StoneMtnMinis | 29 Dec 2018 4:37 p.m. PST |
Trenton and Princeton, the Seven Days campaign. |
| 95th Division | 29 Dec 2018 5:54 p.m. PST |
+1 for Trenton-Princeton campaign |
| Normal Guy | 29 Dec 2018 6:46 p.m. PST |
+1 more for Trenton/Princeton |
 ColCampbell | 29 Dec 2018 8:38 p.m. PST |
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 Florida Tory | 30 Dec 2018 5:36 a.m. PST |
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| 23rdFusilier | 30 Dec 2018 6:14 a.m. PST |
Agree, Trenton and Princeton. But a case can be made for the Yorktown campaign. |
| rustymusket | 30 Dec 2018 8:52 a.m. PST |
Trenton and Princeton campaign. It made good use of a combination of strategic movement and battlefield tactics of any of his battles and created victories. |
| RebelPaul | 31 Dec 2018 8:54 a.m. PST |
One more vote for Princeton. |
| Winston Smith | 31 Dec 2018 10:21 a.m. PST |
We kind of run out of ideas once Trenton Princeton is brought up.  |
| 42flanker | 31 Dec 2018 10:45 a.m. PST |
Long Island or Brandywine Creek |
| PzGeneral | 31 Dec 2018 3:36 p.m. PST |
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| 42flanker | 31 Dec 2018 8:22 p.m. PST |
Apologies. Misread the brief. Skill levels can be high or- not high. |
| Winston Smith | 01 Jan 2019 9:58 a.m. PST |
You were right the first time.
Trenton and Princeton shows great skill and daring.
Brandywine shows he hadn't learned much about flank security from Long Island. The Yorktown campaign was mainly Rochambeau's idea. Washington wanted to assault New York and had to be talked out of it. But then, once he came around, he was quite skillful. It's amazing how he was able to move his army from New York to Virginia in such a short time, and still deceive the British in New York. |
| 42flanker | 01 Jan 2019 5:39 p.m. PST |
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| oldnorthstate | 02 Jan 2019 10:33 p.m. PST |
Trenton Princeton are good examples to a limited degree…1st Trenton was well conceived, although helped immensely by the weather…same is true for 2nd Trenton…if the weather doesn't take a dramatic turn during the night Washington probably doesn't bring off his artillery and perhaps gets caught by Cornwallis…Princeton was an accidental meeting engagement. Not much of a "battle" but I think the capture of Stony Point was his greatest single achievement…but that's the point, capturing the "Gibraltar" of America with minimal losses and avoiding a bloodbath is something of an achievement. |
| Rallynow | 03 Jan 2019 12:00 a.m. PST |
Trenton/2nd Trenton/Princeton |
| 42flanker | 03 Jan 2019 9:53 a.m. PST |
The coup de main at Stony Point was deftly done but wasn't the position abandoned a short time later? (PS. I suppose Anthony Wayne should take some credit) |
