 Now, while the Americans were on their way, Lieutenant Colonel Mahud had left Princeton to provide forces for General Cornwallis. While en route, he ran into the main American army, so instinctively he ordered his men to attack with bayonets. The British soldiers spotted the American leader. They thought, could it be? Was this George Washington? So they chased him down, knocking him off his horse and began beating him. They screamed at him, surrender, you damn rebel. Instead, the men refused to surrender, so they stabbed him with their bayonets.