The Crossing: The Journey Of Georg George Washington

The Crossing
It is incredible in history what a difference six months can make. In July of 1776, the British colonies in America formally declared their independence from the British Commonwealth. Now just six months later, the United States of America were close to defeat. The State’s army, the ‘Continental Army’ had almost been destroyed by the professional British soldiers. The Continental Army, lead by a man from Virginia by the name of George Washington had been retreating from the British for many months. Washington was now faced with one of the greatest problems he had ever come up against in his military career. His inexperienced army was outnumbered ten to one, running out of supplies, and had only the Delaware river separating them from the British. To add to those problems there was the nagging problem that the fate of the United States rested on Washington’s shoulders to keep his army alive.
Judgement is ability to think and make wise decisions in a clear and calm fashion. Washington desperately needed a victory to keep his army intact and halt the stem of the British victories. Washington had 10,000 soldiers at the beginning of July and now six months later in the late days of December, Washington had only 2,000 men fit to fight. Washington had used the leadership trait of judgment all throughout that previous period of six months by always retreating and to keep his army intact. Now that a chance presented itself he judged it to be the perfect time for a counter attack on the British. He hoped that he had judged the time to be correct to strike a major blow and restore moral to his