Battle Of Fort Washington (November Of 1776)

The American Revolutionary War, known as the Battle of Fort Washington ended in a British victory and the subsequent defeats of the fort's garrison. One of the heaviest losses for the Patriots resulted from the conflict. British and German soldiers joined arms against the American Continental Army on November 16, 1776, in New York. General William Howe defeated the Continental Army under General George Washington, costing the American army artillery, supplies, and maybe up to 3000 deaths. While the British seized Fort Washington, the Americans were forced to flee to the Delaware River.

The Patriots left Fort Lee three days after the battle of Fort Washington. While being chased by British forces as far as New Brunswick, New Jersey, Washington, and the army fled through New Jersey before crossing the Delaware River into Pennsylvania northwest of Trenton. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, Washington crossed Delaware after nearly a month and overcame Rall's Hessian force at Trenton. Washington then went on to defeat the British at Princeton, which boosted the American army's morale and that of the provinces damaged by Fort Washington's fall.

After seven years, on November 25, 1783, after the peace treaty was completed and the last British forces had left New York, General Washington and Governor George Clinton marched triumphantly into lower Manhattan to retake Fort Washington.