| Also, when Burgoyne decided to raise 300 Canadians to serve with his army, he encountered considerable difficulty, finding few volunteers. |
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| In an irony of history Burgoyne and Gates were meeting for the second time. |
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| On October 8 Burgoyne began his retreat, but Gates, who had 20,000 men by now, surrounded him at Saratoga. |
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| Ten days later, unable to get help from New York, Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga. |
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| Burgoyne lost valuable weeks assembling baggage and equipment and building a road and bridges. |
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| As the Loyalists were forming these various regiments, Burgoyne was planning the British campaign against the northern United States. |
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| General Fraser, however, convinced Burgoyne to delay the offensive for 24 hours to give the troops much needed rest. |
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| General Burgoyne had just had a play of his staged in London by David Garrick and was full of himself. |
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| If Burgoyne or Gates is captured or eliminated, the owning player must return one Momentum Chit to the pool. |
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| The invasion army under Burgoyne was much too slow and became trapped in northern New York state. |
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| Burgoyne saw no real flexibility in his orders. |
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| He halted his advance and extended a line of battle to Burgoyne. |
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| After a simple dinner Gates called upon Burgoyne for a toast. |
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| Marilou Villeneuve, Shelley Burgoyne, Benson Chin and Jessica Stolar were part of the youth delegation at last June's Orientation Assembly in Cornwall, Ontario. |
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| In 1777 the British sent a new army under John Burgoyne to move south from Canada and to isolate the New England colonies. |
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| However, instead of assisting Burgoyne, Howe took his army on a separate campaign against the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia. |
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| The first of the 1777 campaigns was an expedition from Quebec led by General John Burgoyne. |
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| Leger, would move down the Mohawk River Valley and link up with Burgoyne in Albany. |
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| In December 1776, John Burgoyne returned to London to set strategy with Lord George Germain. |
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| Alden argues Howe was influenced by the idea that, upon success, he would not receive credit, but Burgoyne. |
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| Another letter stated Howe should launch his campaign against Philadelphia as intended, while allowing enough time to assist Burgoyne. |
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| Meanwhile, Howe informed Burgoyne he would launch his campaign on Philadelphia as planned, and would be unable to render aid. |
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| Burgoyne then dug in, but suffered a constant haemorrhage of deserters, and critical supplies were running low. |
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| Burgoyne then withdrew with the Americans in pursuit, and by October 13, he was surrounded. |
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| Burgoyne instead encouraged bayonet charges to break up enemy formations, which was a preferred tactic in most European armies at the time. |
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| John Burgoyne drank heavily on a nightly basis towards the end of the Saratoga campaign. |
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| The decision left Burgoyne precariously isolated, and left the Americans confounded at the decision. |
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| The move left him unable to assist Burgoyne even if it was required of him. |
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| In early August the British commander, General John Burgoyne, hoped to capture needed supplies and overawe New Englanders by dispatching a well-equipped regiment to Bennington under the German colonel Friedrich Baum. |
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| Burgoyne tried to outflank the Americans but was checked at the first battle of Saratoga in September. |
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| The Corps of Royal Engineers sent men to the Dardanelles while Burgoyne went to Paris, meeting the British Ambassador and the French Emperor. |
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| In 1777, the British launched an invasion from Quebec under John Burgoyne, intending to isolate New England. |
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| Burgoyne set off in June, and recaptured Fort Ticonderoga in early July. |
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| A detachment sent out to seize supplies was decisively defeated in the Battle of Bennington by American militia in August, depriving Burgoyne of nearly 1,000 men. |
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| Leaving 1,300 men behind as a garrison, Burgoyne continued the advance. |
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| The Earl of Effingham resigned his commission when his regiment was posted to America, while William Howe and John Burgoyne were opposed to military solutions to the crisis. |
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| Burgoyne and his team of engineers inspected and surveyed the Dardanelles area in February, being fired on by Russian riflemen when they went to Varna. |
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| Having considered his options, Burgoyne decided to continue the advance. |
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| British troops had a tendency to fire impetuously, resulting in inaccurate fire, a trait for which John Burgoyne criticized them during the Saratoga campaign. |
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| Germain approved this plan, leaving Howe unable to assist Burgoyne. |
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| During planning for the Saratoga campaign, Howe was left with the choice of committing his army to support Burgoyne, or capture Philadelphia, the revolutionary capital. |
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| Howe was not given any explicit orders to assist Burgoyne, however, a copy Germain sent to Quebec explicitly stated Howe was to assist Burgoyne's efforts. |
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| Howe declined to attack Philadelphia overland via New Jersey, or by sea via the Delaware Bay, even though both options would have enabled him to assist Burgoyne if necessary. |
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