americans didn't listen because they said how are we going to get kamins up the steep hill and they didn't do it. well, the british came down and the generals army came down and sure enough general collapse who was with him said let's get a cannon up there. the british soldiers also minded and they said were ago it can go a man can go and where a man can go he can hold up a gun so bring some cannons up there. the next day the americans will cut and saw these redcoats dancing shooting cannonballs into the water and when they started landing in to the fort they realized we have to evacuate because we are dead ducks. so, they marched down the hudson trying to run away and they put kosciuszko in charge of covering the rear and for kosciuszko to slow down the troops cut down trees to cover the roads. he also ruled boulders to the stream so they would flood the roads and as a result, it took the british 20 days to travel 22 miles because the blocked roads. so kosciuszko earned a reputation of having as the -- you look the terrain and in fingertips feel where the can and should be and where you s