Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - The British Army
Ko te Royal Navy, i te mahi tahi me nga mea pono o te kawanatanga koroni i raro i te Kawana a Josiah Martin, i whakamahere i te whakaekenga o North Carolina e tata ana ki Wilmington, he tauranga moana e tipu haere ana, e noho rautaki ana i te rohe o Cape Fear. I whakahaua nga roopu Highlander i Cross Creek ki te hono atu ki nga waahanga o te ope taua o Ingarangi, e hiahia ana a General Thomas Gage ki te taunga ki North Carolina. I arahi a Moore i tana whakahau ki runga i te taha tonga o te takutai o Cape Fear me te whakakaha i te whakawhiti awa i Rockfish Creek, koinei te huarahi tika o nga Loyalists ki Wilmington. I tenei waahi, i haere tonu a Moore ki te kohikohi i nga whakakao, i te mutunga ka whakahau ia i nga tangata 1,100. Ko te Brigadier General Donald MacDonald, nana nei i whakahau te pirihimana tata ki te 1,500 Highlanders, i tono karere ki a Moore, me te tono kia uru atu ia ki te kaupapa o te Loyalist, ka whakaekehia ranei. I whakaroa a Moore i tana whakautu ki te hoko i te wa, i te mutunga ka whakahē i taua tono, i te mea ka karanga i te tinihanga a MacDonald. Ko MacDonald, kaore i whai mana nga tangata mo te whakaeke wawe, i rongo kua whakahaua te ope a Caswell ki te hono atu ki a Moore. I te kitenga ko te wa he mea nui, ka wehe atu a MacDonald, ka arahi i te roopu o nga Loyalist mai i a Moore ki te whakawhiti atu i te awa.