unsteady handling continental elements by major general Charles Lee had allowed British  rearguard commander Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis to size the initiative but Washington’s  timely arrival on the battlefield rallied the Americans along a hilltop hedgerow.It was fought on June 28,1778, Washington consolidated his troops in a newline on heights behind marshy ground.Used his artillery to fix the British in their positions, then brought up a four gun  battery under major  General green on nearby combs hill to enfiade the Bitish line, requiring cornwaills to withdraw.