The Myth of the Drunk Andor Hung Over Hessians

The hessian colonel in charge of trenton had been tipped off a few days earlier to watch out for a possible attack, and he had kept his men on high alert. When this little raiding party came and went, they thought the attack had now come and gone because it went without saying that nothing more could be expected from the americans. And eye witnesses report that the hessians were stone sober before, during and after the battle.