I te tau 1777, ka haere te ope whenua i raro i te mana o George Washington i Chester i a ia e haere ana ki te whakatau i te ope taua o Ingarangi
i arahina e te Tumuaki a Howe i te Pakanga o Brandywine. I whakahaua a John Armstrong kia riro i a ia te mana o te ope taua i Chester. I rere te ope Continental ki Chester i muri i te hinganga i te Pakanga o Brandywine. Ko tetahi waahanga o te ope a Ingarangi i noho ki Chester i a raatau e whai ana i te ope whenua e rere ana ki Philadelphia.