Saratoga

The Battles of Saratoga

On September 19, 1777, Burgoyne had split up his 7500-man army into three columns to sweep around where he believed the Americans might be. One column of British troops would move west about 2 miles inland and begin to move south. A second column of British troops moved about a mile inland before moving south. The third column, made of German troops, moved along the river road and defended British supplies. In the battle of Saratoga the Americans and the French went against the British and defeated them, the British fled without surrendering leading to the battle of Yorktown