Saturday November 16 ,1776. The battle of Fort Washington and the British. I am witnessing the Battle of Fort Washington right now at this very moment we are in New York at battle . Sadly the British won . The only reason the British won is because the Fort Washington surrendered to the British .  This is one of the worst patriot defeats .After defeating the continental army under commander in chief general George Washington  at the battle of white plains , the British army forces under the command of lieutenant general Willam  Howe  planned to capture Fort Washington. General George Washington issued a discretionary order to General Nathanael Greene to abandon the fort and remove its garrison then numbered at  1,200 men but later to grow to 3,000 to new Jersey.