 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waJanuary 3, Hugh Mercer, aitungamirira uto rokuAmerica, akasangana nemasoja eBritain aibva kuPrinceton aitungamirirwa naCharles Mawhood. Mauto eBritain akarwisa Mercer uye muhondo yakatevera, Mercer akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa. Washington yakatumira vashandi pasi paGeneral John Cadwalader, avo vakabudirira kudzinga Mawhood nemaBritish kubva kuPrinceton, vazhinji vavo vachitizira kuCornwallis muTrenton. MaBritish akarasikirwa neanopfuura chikamu chimwe muzvina chesimba rawo muhondo yacho, uye tsika dzeAmerica dzakasimuka norukundo. 