At Brandywine, Lord Stirling with the New Jersey Brigade and 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade, along with Stephen's 3rd and 4th Virginia Brigades and the remnants of Sullivan's division of about 450 soldiers, withdrew from Birmingham Hill and Sandy Hollow through this area, retreating along Forks Road and New Street Road toward Dilworth. As cannon fire sounded from Birmingham Hill, the portion of the British army that had remained along Brandywine Creek went into motion, and Lieutenant General Wilhelm Knyphausen moved his forces across Chads' Ford to engage the Continentals under Brigadier Generals Anthony Wayne and William Maxwell. Overwhelmed, the Americans pulled back and abandoned their artillery as both armies sniped at one another in fighting that moved from hill to hill through farm fields and woods. South of Dilworth at the Brinton House, General Washington met Major General Nathanael Greene and directed him to establish a defensive position along modern day Harvey Road. Greene opened his lines to let the disorganized retreat pass through, then his men unleashed deadly fire on two advancing regiments, dropping nearly half the British soldiers and holding the enemy for a critical 45 minutes. Although the Americans suffered losses, Greene's stand south of Dilworth halted the British advance and allowed Washington's army to reach Chester safely in good spirits while the British army encamped on the battlefield.
