 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - General Washington paFort Lee 1910 yakanga iri chisarudzo chisina kujairika chehurukuro yemadziro, sezvo yakaratidza kumwe kukundwa kunonyadzisa zvikuru kweContinental Army muHondo yeRevolution. Fort Washington yaiva kuchamhembe kweManhattan Island, pamhenderekedzo yegungwa iri pedyo neRwizi rweHudson. Fort Lee yakanga iri kurutivi rwakapesana rweHudson, pamusoro pePalisades, muNew Jersey. Masvingo maviri aya akanga akaparadzaniswa nehupamhi hworwizi uye ose akanga avakwa muzhizha ra1776 kudzivirira ngarava dzehondo dzeBritain kuti dzisafambe dzichienda kuchamhembe dzichiyambuka Hudson. Mangwanani aNovember 16, 1776, uto reBritain rakarwisa zvikuru Fort Washington, navarwi vanenge 8.000 vachirwisa vachibva kuchamhembe, kumabvazuva nokumaodzanyemba. Munguvayi, vakarwisa nhare nechiuto chokumabvazuva, uye vakadzivisa Washington kutumira zvikepe zvine zvokusimbiswa kubva kuNew Jersey. Varwi veContinental 3.000 vakanga vari paimba yacho vakarwa zuva rose, vachitarisira kuti vashandi vaizokwanisa kuyambuka Hudson usiku, asi vaBritain vakakurira varwi ava pakati pousiku. Mukuru mukuru wenhare yacho akazvipa, uye vanopfuura 2800 vokuContinental vakatapwa. Mufananidzo waTurner uri pamadziro unoratidza Washington ari pabhiza nevashandi vake vachitarisa kurwiswa kwacho vachibva kune rimwe divi reHudson, asi vasingakwanisi kupindira. Kwakanga kuri kukundwa uku nokudzokera shure kweWashington kwakakurudzira Thomas Paine kunyora The American Crisis, nemutsara wayo wokutanga wakakurumbira Idzi ndidzo nguva dzinoedza mweya yavanhu. 