During the American War for Independence in August
and September, 1777, the British invaded Delaware as
part of an end-run campaign to defeat George
Washington and the Americans and capture the capital
at Philadelphia. For a few short weeks the hills and
streams in and around Newark and Iron Hill and at Cooch's Bridge along the Christina River were the focus of world
history as the British marched through the Diamond State between the Chesapeake Bay and Brandywine Creek.
This is the story of the British invasion of Delaware,
one of the lesser known but critical watershed
moments in American history.