Editing Battle of Brandywine (section)

===Washington and Greene arrive near Dilworth===
Around 6&nbsp;p.m., Washington and Greene arrived with reinforcements to try to hold off the British, who now occupied Meeting House Hill.  Washington conferred with Greene and Knox, the latter of whom was head of artillery, in the yard of the William Brinton house.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ebenreiter|first1=John|title=Battle of Brandywine|url=http://brandywinebattlefield.org/?page_id=112|website=Brandywine Battlefield|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> The 2nd Battalion of Grenadiers was nearing their position, and was joined by a fresh reserve brigade (the 4th British Brigade).  It was determined that Knox would deploy artillery to slow the British advance.  Greene's reinforcements, combined with the remnants of Sullivan's, Stephen's, and Stirling's divisions, formed south of Dilworth and stopped the pursuing British for nearly an hour, letting the rest of the army retreat.  When darkness fell, Greene's division finally began the march to [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]] along with the rest of the army.  The British army was not able to pursue due to the onset of night.  The Americans were also forced to leave behind many of their cannons on Meeting House Hill because almost all of their artillery horses were killed.

====Knyphausen's final attack====
[[File:Brandywine SW from Wylie Road.jpg|thumb|Location of Stirling's Division on the ridge (i.e. Birmingham Hill) just west of Birmingham road (looking west).  The British Grenadier battalions attacked from right to left, ultimately forcing Stirling to fall back with a bayonet charge.]]
Upon hearing the attack of Cornwallis's column, Knyphausen launched an attack against the weakened American center across Chadds Ford, breaking through the divisions commanded by Wayne and [[William Maxwell (Continental Army general)|William Maxwell]] and forcing them to retreat and leave behind most of their cannons. Armstrong's militia, never engaged in the fighting, also decided to retreat from their positions. Further north, Greene sent Brigadier General [[George Weedon]]'s troops to cover the road just outside the town of Dilworth to hold off the British long enough for the rest of the [[Continental Army]] to retreat. Darkness brought the British pursuit to a standstill, which then allowed Weedon's force to retreat. The defeated Americans retreated to Chester where most of them arrived at midnight, with stragglers arriving until morning. The American retreat was well organized, largely because of the efforts of Lafayette, who, although wounded, created a rally point that allowed for a more orderly retreat before being treated for his wound.<ref>{{cite news  | last = Gaines  | first = James  | title = Washington & Lafayette  | work = Smithsonian Magazine Online  | publisher = Smithsonian  | date = September 2007  | url = http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/washington_main.html?c=y&page=3  | access-date = October 21, 2008  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120403015032/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/washington_main.html?c=y&page=3  | archive-date = April 3, 2012  | url-status = dead  }}</ref>