<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:  <response>: Mauto eBritain neRoyal Navy, vachibatsirana nemaLoyalist ehurumende yekoloni pasi paGavhuna Josiah Martin, vakaronga kupinda muNorth Carolina pedyo neWilmington, chiteshi chengarava chiri kukura uye chiri munzvimbo inokosha munharaunda yeCape Fear. Zvikamu zveHighlander paCross Creek zvakarayirwa kubatana nezvikamu zveBritish Army, izvo General Thomas Gage aida kumhara muNorth Carolina. Moore akatungamirira hurumende yake kumusoro kworwizi pamhenderekedzo yokumaodzanyemba yeCape Fear ndokusimbisa kuyambuka rwizi paRockfish Creek, iyo ingadai yakava nzira yakananga yeVakatendeka kuWilmington. Panzvimbo iyi, Moore akaramba achiunganidza vashandi, pakupedzisira achitungamirira varume vanenge 1 100. Brigadier General Donald MacDonald, uyo aitungamirira mauto evanhu vanenge 1 500 vokuHighlanders, akatumira nhume kuna Moore, achimukumbira kuti abatane nevaRuramisiri kana kuti atarisane nokurwiswa. Moore, achinonoka kupindura kuti awane nguva, pakupedzisira akaramba chikumbiro ichocho, chaizvoizvo achidana MacDonald kuti ari kubiridzira. MacDonald, ane varume vakanga vasina ushingi hwokukurukurirana nokukurumidza, akagamuchira shoko rokuti uto raCaswell rakanga raudzwa kuti ribatane naMoore. Achinzwa kuti nguva yakanga yava pedyo, MacDonald akabva, uye akatungamirira boka revanhu vaida kuvimbika kure naMoore vakananga kunoyambuka rwizi. 