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On one occasion that winter, when an officer requested permission toarrest a spy, Washington shrewdly suggested that he woo the spy with a dinmer invitation, then leave nearby, as if by sheer negligence, a sheet pegging the Continental Army's strength at a grossly exaggerated number. It was one of manyways that Washington misled the enemyto conceal his own weakness.
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