The colonial wars had built up the militia system and supplied a number of capable officers who led the troops of delaware in all the principal engagements from the battle of long island to the siege of yorktown . the only revolutionary engagement fought on delaware soil was the battle of cooch s bridge , near newark , on september 3 , 1777 战争增强了军队的管理和建设，造就了一批机智勇敢骁勇善战的军事指挥者，他们在指挥特拉华部队在长岛战役和约克城突围，以及1777年9月3日newark附近的cooch s bridge战役中，取得了辉煌的胜利。
