 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwaSeptember 1776, Washington aida kushandisa varume vaGlover mune rimwe basa reamphibious kubvisa vanorwara, vakakuvadzwa uye zvimwe zvinopiwa zvemauto kubva kuManhattan. Chikumbiro chakaendeswa kudare rinodzika mutemo reNew York kuti vatumire maSloop mana eAlbany nokuda kwechinangwa ichocho, asi aya haana kutongosvika. Kunyangwe kana kwete 14th Continental pakupedzisira yakabatanidzwa mukubviswa kwevanhu vakakuvadzwa inopokana. Musi waSeptember 4, Washington yakaisa Glover mutariri weboka raibatanidza 14th Continental muchikamu chakatungamirirwa naGeneral Israel Putnam. Musi waSeptember 14, brigade yaGlover yakaenda kuHarlem kunobatanazve neuto guru. Pana September 15, vaBritain vakamhara paManhattanpaKips Bay, izvo zvakatungamirira kukudzokera shure kunotyisa kwemauto eAmerica aidzivirira mhenderekedzo yegungwa, kubatanidza mabhirigedhi maviri akatumwa kuzovasimbisa. Pasinei nokuedza kwakanaka kwaWashington kumisa kudzokera shure, vakatiza vakananga kuKingsbridge kusvikira vasangana nemapoka matanhatu kusanganisira Glovers akanga aenda kubva kuHarlem. Glover akaunza mauto mumutsara pachikomo kuti asangane nemaBritish, asi Washington akazorayira mauto kuti adzokere shure. 