 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Iyo regiment, yakatumidzwa zita rekuti 2nd Rhode Island Regiment musi wa 1 Ndira 1777, yakarwa muhondo yeAsunpink Creekmusi wa2 Ndira 1777 apo vaibata mupata wepasi kurutivi rworuboshwe. Vari munzvimbo iyi, vakadzora kurwisa kwevarwi veBritain vaifamba netsoka uye varwi veHessian Jäger. Chikwata chacho, chaingova nevarume 120 chete, chaiva cheboka revarume 352 raitungamirirwa naHitchcock. 2nd Regiment yakabatanidzwa muHondo yePrinceton zuva rakatevera. Pashure pokunge kurwisa kwokutanga kwaCharles Mawhood kwaparadza nharirire yaHugh Mercer, George Washington akaunganidza vaAmerica pachikomo apo imba yaThomas Clark ichakamira. Boka duku raHitchcock rakabatana nemauto aEdward Hand, Thomas Mifflin, John Cadwalader, nevamwe kuti vakunde Mawhood. Hitchcock naHand sezvingabvira vakaiswa parutivi rworudyi rweAmerica. 