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The Greatest Battle Ever! By: Tashae’ Massey Location:BOSTON,MA

The battle of Saratoga is "one of the Greatest battles that Ever were fought in America" Major Henry Dearborn said. In the war much of the drama was in New York, in 1776 a powerful army under British General Sir William Howe invaded New York. The Britain’s professional troops defeated George Washington’s less trained forces. The Americans lost many battles to the british.in 1777 the British concocted a plan to invade New York from the base in Canada, the architect of the plan, General John Burgoyne, set up was to go through the Lake Champlain valley. the plan did not work well, a column en route to seek supplies in Vermont overrun, costing Burgoyne almost 1,000 men, then the native Americans decided to leave, even though this plan was turning into a tragedy Burgoyne did not back down! He gathered up some supplies and went to Albany. While the British were getting themselves prepared it gave the Americans enough time to re-arrange and reinforce their army, they got a new commander named General Horatio Gates. The American army worked hard and became better soldiers. The day when the British came to fight the Americans was ready they fought and they won a great VICTORY!