| Show S rS OF 1 SURRENDER Of OH BURGOYNE 4 ri rit ria t t a fan Dy By Joan Russo The Continental I Insurance Companies After suffering major defeats de de- teats feats at Princeton and Trenton Tren Trenton ton the British decided to tomake tomake tomake make 1777 the year they would win the war Their strategy was was to gain control of the Hudson River Valley and thereby divide the colonies In two General Burgoyne's army was to attack from the north General General Gen Gen- General eral Howes Howe's from the south and General St. St Legers Leger's from the west By the fall of 1777 the plan had crumbled St. St Leger Jeger retreated north and Howe never arrived Burgoyne was left alone to face the American Amer American ican army without sufficient supplies or the support of his Indian allies Meanwhile enthusiastic patriots had been joining the militia until it grew to three times Limes the number of or Burgoyne's force forcer Ignoring the odds Burgoyne Burgoyne Burgoyne Bur Bur- goyne still moving southward southward southward south south- ward decided lo to attack at Saratoga His immediate goal was Bemis Heights and the formidable defenses constructed for the patriots by the Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko Planning Planning Planning Plan Plan- ning on fighting European European- a style battle Burgoyne led out three columns of British and Hessians I in a shoulder- shoulder to-shoulder to march against the American positions American sharpshooters ers responding responding responding re re- to turkey calls from Big Dan Morgan of Virginia picked off the red- red It coats through the cover of a stand of trees The American Ameri Amen can commanders Philip Schuyler of New York Horatio Gates of or Virginia Benjamin Lincoln of Massachusetts Massachusetts Mas Mas- and Benedict Arnold of or Connecticut continued continued con con- to lo repulse the attack In all sectors of the battle until the only course left open to the British general was retreat or surrender While Burgoyne hesitated the Americans cut off his line of northward retreat to lo Canada Formal Format surrender cameon came cameon cameon on October 17 when Burgoyne Bur Bun goyne rode into the American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean camp ramp in full dress uniform and pre presented his word sword to lo Gales Gates The fortune for for- tune lune of war General Gates Gales has made me your prisoner prison prison- er American artist Howard Smith look took this moment as the subject for his oil painting Surrender of Burgoyne Burgoyne Bur Bur- goyne part parl of the collection collection collection tion of The Continental Insurance Companies Saratoga proved to lo be bethe bethe bethe the military turning point of or orthe the Revolution It demonstrated demonstrated demon- demon that a large British army could be defeated inthe in inthe inthe the field and convinced the patriots that they need not accept the pardon that thai Parliament had belatedly offered in hope of ending the war More importantly it influenced France to abandon its its' neutrality and to lo enter the war as Americas America's Americas America's Americas America's Amer Amer- ica's ally ally ally-a a crucial advantage advantage advantage tage for the patriots' patriots cause neighbor put his parking problem in your a y driveway planning I a a party and youre you're not using your your our cari space fo f hi i s company |
