Ka cika wannan jumla: "Lokacin da 'yan Birtaniya suka mamaye Philadelphia a lokacin yakin neman 'yancin kai na Amurka,
Ƙungiyoyin Birtaniya sun kasance a cikin Jamus. A cikin yakin Germantown, a ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 1777, Sojojin Nahiyar sun kai hari ga sansanin. A lokacin yakin, wani rukuni na fararen hula sun harbe sojojin Birtaniya yayin da suke tafiya a kan titin, suka ji rauni ga jami'in Birtaniya James Agnew. Amurkawa sun janye bayan sun harbe juna a cikin rikicewar yaƙin, wanda ya haifar da yaƙin ya zama nasarar Burtaniya. Asarar Amurkawa sun kai mutane 673 kuma asarar Birtaniyya ta kunshi mutane 575, amma tare da nasarar Amurka a Saratoga a ranar 17 ga Oktoba lokacin da John Burgoyne ya mika wuya, yakin ya haifar da amincewar Amurkawa da Faransa, wanda ya kafa kawance da Amurkawa bayan haka.