Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Intii lagu jiray xerada labaad ee Middlebrook (jiilaalka 1778-79), Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling wuxuu u adeegsaday guriga sida xaruntiisa. Stirling waxa uu qabsaday taliska xerada Middlebrook 21kii Diseembar 1778, markii Washington uu ka tagay si uu ula kulmo
Wuxuu ka soo noqday Congress-ka Philadelphia, ilaa uu ka soo laabtay 5-tii Febraayo, 1779. General Henry Lee, Light-Horse Harry, iyo saraakiil kale ayaa sidoo kale ku jiray halkan.