The Battle Of Saratoga

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for support from Clinton, in the south. They waited for almost three weeks, but he didn’t come. By now Burgoyne’s situation was tough. He was now facing a growing American army without help from the south, and their supplies were rapidly diminishing. They grew weaker every day. Burgoyne had to choose between advancing or retreating.
He decided to risk a second battle. A force of 1,500 men moved out of the British camp. The troops deployed in a clearing on the Barber Farm. By now the Americans knew that Burgoyne’s army was again on the move and soon attacked in three columns. Within an hour, Burgoyne lost eight cannons and more than 400 officers and men. The Americans believed that victory was near. But, darkness ended the day’s fighting and saved Burgoyne’s army from immediate disaster. That night the British commander left his campfires burning and withdrew his troops behind the Great Redoubt, which protected that high ground and river flats at the northeast corner ...

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