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Johann Rahll
Born
1726 Hesse-Cassel, Holy Roman Empire
Died
December 27, 1776 (Aged 50) Trenton, New Jersey
Allegiance
Hesse-Cassel
Service/branch
Hessian Mercenaries
Years of service
1740–1776
Rank
Colonel
Battles/wars
War of Austrian Succession
Jacobite rising of 1745
Seven Years' War
Fourth Russo-Turkish War
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Long Island
Battle of White Plains
Battle of Fort Washington
Battle of Trenton †
Johann Gottlieb Rall (also spelled Rahl) (c. 1726 – December 27, 1776)[1] was a German colonel best known for his command of Hessian troops at the Battle of Trenton during the American Revolutionary War.
^Washington, George (December 27, 1776). "From George Washington to John Hancock, 27 December 1776". Founders Online, National Archives.
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a role that many argue is based on real life figures Alfried Krupp, JohannRall and Erik Prince. Voight plays the chief executive officer of a fictional...
of Hessian soldiers (numbering about 1,400 men) commanded by Colonel JohannRall. Washington's force comprised 2,400 men, with infantry divisions commanded...
Trenton. He played the host and placated the German Hessian commander JohannRall before the Battle of Trenton. Suspected of duplicity for his accommodation...
ongoing militia and army raids. German commanders Carl von Donop and JohannRall, whose brigades were at the end of the chain of outposts, were frequent...
unsuspecting Hessians and their commander, Colonel JohannRall. The Hessians had 22 killed, including Colonel Rall, 83 wounded, and 850 captured with supplies...
the fort and the Hudson River. JohannRall was given the honor of requesting the American surrender by Knyphausen. Rall sent Captain Hohenstein, who spoke...
Trenton, New Jersey. The Hessian brigade was under the command of Colonel JohannRall; he died of wounds sustained in the battle, and about two thirds of his...
Jersey. Major von Dechow, who was in command in late 1776, warned Colonel JohannRall to fortify the town, advice that was ignored. During the Battle of Trenton...
Washington's troops surprise the 1500 Hessian troops under the command of Col. JohannRall at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 948 prisoners while...
Washington's troops surprise the 1,500 Hessian troops under the command of Col. JohannRall at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 948 prisoners while...
Colonel JohannRall, to assume no attack of any consequence would occur. At daybreak on the 26th, the American Patriots surprised and overwhelmed Rall and...
assigned base at Bordentown, New Jersey, and in a position to assist JohannRall's brigade in Trenton, New Jersey, when it was attacked and defeated by...
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Battle of Red Bank in 1777) and Colonel JohannRall, who was fatally wounded at the Battle of Trenton in 1776. Rall's regiment was captured, and many of the...
American Revolution, Strenge enlisted in 1776 and, under the command of JohannRall, arrived in New York in August of that year. Taken prisoner in the aftermath...
wanted to absorb Colonel JohannRall's brigade into his garrison to fortify Trenton, but William Howe was persuaded to let Rall hold command on his own...
Making his way back to Trenton, he told the Hessian commander, Colonel JohannRall, of his capture and reported that the Continental Army was in such a...
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Jersey militia, famous for his role in befriending Hessian commander JohannRall and keeping him preoccupied while George Washington mounted a successful...
believed that he may have been the mysterious marksman who killed Colonel JohannRall.[citation needed] At the Battle of Princeton in January 1777, Long helped...
Washington's troops surprise the 1,500 Hessian troops under the command of Col. JohannRall at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 948 prisoners while...
Hessians from escaping to Princeton, New Jersey. When Hessian commander JohannRall attempted to break out to the north, Fermoy's brigade quickly shifted...