Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin New York na War War, Janar George Washington na Continental Army ya tabbatar da karamin nasara amma da ake bukata a kan sojojin Birtaniya da ke bin su
a yakin Harlem Heights, bayan jerin shan kashi a Manhattan. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan nasarar da suka samu, sojojin Amurka sun sha wahala daga cikin mafi munin rashin nasara a yakin Fort Washington, wanda aka kama kusan sojoji 2,900. Fort Washington wani rukuni ne na sansanin soja a kan manyan wuraren Washington Heights, tare da babban wurinsa a Bennett Park na yanzu (wanda aka sani da Mount Washington) wanda aka gina 'yan watanni kafin gaban Fort Lee, New Jersey don kare Kogin Hudson daga jiragen ruwa na abokan gaba.