At 8 a.m. on December 26, Washington's columns converged on Trenton, cut off escape routes, and overwhelmed the Hessians after fierce resistance.

At 8 a.m. on December 26, the Hessians established an outpost at a cooper shop on Pennington Road about a mile northwest of Trenton. Washington ordered the escape route to Princeton cut off, with infantry in battle formation blocking it and artillery at the head of King and Queen streets. Sullivan's southern column entered Trenton by the abandoned River Road and blocked the only crossing over Assunpink Creek. Washington led his troops down from high ground, and after a short but fierce resistance most Hessians surrendered; just over a third escaped across Assunpink Creek.

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