The+Battle+of+Saratoga

=**The Battle of Saratoga**=

The British side
The British troops were led by General John Burgoyne. He was supposed to meet two other British forces, but they never arrived. He took his 6,000 troops to a city called Saratoga. There, he was trying to split New England from the middle colonies. He wanted to destroy the Patriot troops. They arrived in Saratoga by traveling south from Canada.

The Patriot side
The Patriots were led by General Horatio Gates. They had 7,000 troop army. George Washington knew about Burgoyne moving around near Canada so he sent troops North to Stillwater to watch for the British. General Horatio Gates took the high ground in Bemis Heights just south of Saratoga.

The Battle
General Gates intercepted General Burgoyne's troops in a spot just north of Bemis Heights. General Gates was trying to stop General Burgoyne from advancing towards Albany. Over the course of the battles Burgoyne lost 1,000 men. He was forced back to Saratoga where he was surrounded. On October 17, four days after he was surrounded, he surrendered.

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