General Burgoyne.
General Burgoyne
HE surrendered at the Americans at October 17, 1777
John Burgoyne surrendered 5,000 British and Hessian troops to American General Horatio Gates at Saratoga on October 17th, 1777.
British General Burgoyne and his troops surrendered to American General Gate and his army on October 17, 1777. This would single Gates out as the American who won the Battle of Saratoga.
The British Forces are the ones who surrendered to the Patriots on October 17th, 1777. The British forces were lead by John Burgoyne at the time of surrender. This action later lead to the cfrossroads of the Revolutionary War.
British General John Burgoyne, on Oct. 17, 1777
September 19, 1777 and ended October 17, 1777
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General Burgoyne.General Burgoyne
During the first battle (September 19, 1777), the Americans deployed 9,000 men and the British 7,200. During the second battle (October 7,1777) The Americans deployed 12,000 men and the British 6,600. When the British formally surrendered on October 17, 1777, 5,728 men laid down their arms on front of 15,000 American soldiers.
In 1777 the British troops, under Cornwallis, surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown.
The Battle of Saratoga began on October 17, 1777.