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6. On September 11, 1777, General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launch a full-scale British attack on General George Washington and the Patriot near Chadds Ford, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on the road linking Baltimore and Philadelphia. This victory allowed the British to capture the city of Philadelphia which at that time was the Patriot capital. Congress, which had been meeting in Philadelphia, fled first to Lancaster, then to York, Pennsylvania, and the British took control of the city without Patriot opposition.
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