When the British captured Philadelphia, the seat of the American Congress, in September of 1777 General Howe delivered a decisive blow to American morale. A month later, Howe tried to consolidate his gains with an attack on the American fortification on the Delaware River at Fort Mercer, now Red Bank, New Jersey, and across the river at Fort Mifflin. The Americans not only repulsed the attack by a combined British & Hessian force, but in the process destroyed 64-gun ship HMS Augusta, the largest ship the British lost during war. We talk about this with historian James McIntyre, analyst of the Delaware campaign, editor of the Seven Years War Association Journal, and biographer of Hessian officer Johann-Ewald.