Editing Battle of Brandywine (section)

====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>