CHAPTER XLIII.

Washington Clothed with Additional Powers—Recruitment of the Army—Increased Pay—Colonel John Cadwalader—Arrival of Sullivan—Gates—Wilkinson—A Coup de Main Meditated—Posture of Affairs at Trenton—Gates Declines to take a Part—His Comments on Washington’s Plans—Preparations for the Coup de Main—Crossing of the Delaware—Attack on the Enemy’s Forces at Trenton—Death of Rail—His Character 438

Treatment of the Hessian Prisoners—Their Interviews with Washington—Their Reception by the People 459