Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Janar Agnew ya shiga cikin yakin Long Island a 1776. A shekara ta 1777, Agnew ya bi sojojin Birtaniya
a karkashin jagorancin Janar William Tryon da Janar William Erskine a wani hari na cikin gida a kan ajiyar kayayyakin Patriot a Danbury, Connecticut. Bayan nasarar lalata kayan aikin Patriot, sojojin Burtaniya sun yi nasara da cin nasarar Janar na Sojojin Nahiyar David Wooster, Benedict Arnold, da Gold S. Silliman da 'yan bindigar Patriot a yakin Ridgefield. A ƙarshe, Agnew ya kasance a yakin Brandywine, inda aka ji masa rauni.