The British plan to conquer Albany with the three-pronged attack was failing. Only General John Burgoyne, with 9,500 men, was left to march from Canada to Albany. General William Howe changed his mind and decided to capture Philadelphia, and General Barry St. Leger was forced back because of Benedict Arnold's powerful troops. Burgoyne thought he would arrive at Albany by summer. He didn't realize that his planned route of attack crossed lakes, swamps, mountains, and trackless forests. Burgoyne's army moved very slowly because it had heavy baggage parts to move through the woods. Burgoyne typically traveled with thirty wagon loads of personal supplies during the war. To slow him even further, Patriots cut down trees to block the route and dammed up streams to create swampy bogs.
On July 5, 1777, Burgoyne retook Ft. Ticonderoga. He then sent troops into Vermont to find food and horses. There, on August 16, 1777, 1,000 of Burgoyne's troops are killed by General John Stark and the......

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Title: The Battle Of Saratoga
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