Ron Chernow Quote
Hamilton and his men ran so fast that they almost overtook the sappers, who were snapping off the edges of the sharpened tree branches and opening a breach through which the infantry rushed. Hamilton, hopping on the shoulder of a kneeling soldier, sprang onto the enemy parapet and summoned his men to follow. Their password was Rochambeau—a good one, said one American, because it sounds like ‘Rush-on-boys’ when pronounced quick. 36 Once
Ron Chernow
Hamilton and his men ran so fast that they almost overtook the sappers, who were snapping off the edges of the sharpened tree branches and opening a breach through which the infantry rushed. Hamilton, hopping on the shoulder of a kneeling soldier, sprang onto the enemy parapet and summoned his men to follow. Their password was Rochambeau—a good one, said one American, because it sounds like ‘Rush-on-boys’ when pronounced quick. 36 Once