Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen and a force of 3,000 Hessian mercenaries lay siege to Fort Washington on Long Island and capture it during the afternoon. Throughout the morning, Knyphausen ...

A TRAITOR and THREE MIRACLES! On November 16, 1776, Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen and a force of Hessians and Redcoats captured Fort Washington at the northern end of Manhattan. Two weeks ...

on the morning of September 11, 1777, a column of British and Hessian soldiers from the army of General Sir William Howe, under the command of General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, marched towards the ...