Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga Whakangungu, i whiti a Ridley e te ope Continental me te
Ko te ope taua o Ingarangi. I neke a George Washington i ana hoia ma te taone nui o Ridley i tana haerenga ki Wilmington, Delaware ki te whakahe ki a General Howe. Whai muri i te Pakanga o Brandywine, i noho nga hoia o te ope whenua i te huarahi i Ridley a ka noho a George Washington i te po i te kaainga o John McIlvain. I te Whiringa-a-rangi 19, 1777, i haere a General Cornwallis i nga tangata 3,000 mai i Philadelphia na roto i te taone o Ridley. I whakaaturia mai e "ngā tangata i tahae i te hunga harakore i runga i te ara, i kore e tohu, i tango kai i te pouaru rawakore, i te kore hoki e whakaaro ki te tangata whenua whai rawa". I te 22 o Tihema 1777, ka haere a Howe me ana hoia ki Ridley i a raatau whakaekenga ki tua atu o Darby.