Did George Washington's troops capture a British General's dog?

Washington's men could not coordinate their movements because they could not see what was happening on the battlefield because of the foggy weather. The British were again successful, assuring that Philadelphia would remain in British hands for the remainder of the war.

After the battle, a small dog was found on the battlefield, and when the Americans captured the dog they saw from his collar that he belonged to General Howe. Washington’s men wanted to hold the dog in retribution for their defeat at the hands of Howe’s men.

However Washington saw the situation from a different view as he was a dog lover and owned several himself, he arranged for a messenger to return the dog to Howe with a two line letter saying; "General Washington’s compliments to General Howe, does himself the pleasure to return [to] him a dog, which accidentally fell into his hands, and by the inscription on the Collar appears to belong to General Howe.”.