William Maxwell

Howe's army landed in Maryland on August 25, 1777, and moved north toward Philadelphia, its advance monitored by American light infantry based at Cooch's Bridge.

German troops leading the British advance were ambushed by Maxwell's light infantry near Cooch's Bridge; after seven hours of fighting the Americans retreated across the bridge.

Some traditions claim the Battle of Cooch's Bridge was the first battle in which the United States flag was flown.

After victories at Brandywine and Paoli, Howe outmaneuvered Washington and captured Philadelphia on September 26, 1777.

In October 1777, about 438 Americans were taken prisoner, including the 9th Virginia Regiment; Washington withdrew his intact army to Valley Forge.

Washington resolved to attack the Germantown garrison as his last effort of the year before winter quarters, issuing orders on October 3.

On October 4, 1777, Washington's Continental Army attacked the British at Germantown and was repelled by Howe's forces.

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Musgrave's roughly 120 men fortified the stone house Cliveden, and Maxwell's brigade later stormed it.

After Connecticut Farms foiled Knyphausen's June 7 advance, Knyphausen and Clinton decided upon a second attempt against Washington's army.

On June 23, 1780, British forces advanced but withdrew before newly arriving rebel forces, yielding a Continental victory at Springfield.

Greene deployed 1,500 Continentals and 500 New Jersey Militia at Springfield and Elizabethtown, blocking Knyphausen's route to Hobart Gap.

British losses for the June 7–23 expedition totaled 25 killed, 234 wounded, and 48 missing; militia casualties were reported at ten killed, forty wounded, and ten prisoners.

Britain initiated the war citing unpaid fines from 1874, prompting the Asante rejection of protectorate status and the departure of British forces from Cape Coast.

Colonel Sir Francis Scott led troops from Cape Coast to Kumasi, utilizing a route cleared by Robert Baden-Powell's advance contingent.

Governor William Maxwell arrived in Kumasi, where King Prempeh I was humiliated, and the British force departed the capital on 22 January 1896.