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General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, most notably during the Portugal campaign of 1762.
- 1743–1784
- Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
Burgoyne witnessed the Battle of Bunker/Breed’s Hill before departing for England in November 1775. In May 1776, Burgoyne was sent back to the colonies and stopped the American invasion at Quebec. During the Battle of Valcour Island , he began formulating an idea for an invasion of New York, the Campaign of 1777.
John Burgoyne was a British general, best remembered for his defeat by superior American forces in the Saratoga (New York) campaign of 1777, during the American Revolution. After serving with distinction in the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), Burgoyne was elected to the House of Commons in 1761 and.
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27 de feb. de 2024 · The Battles of Saratoga were two engagements fought by a British army under General John Burgoyne and an American army under General Horatio Gates near the town of Saratoga, NY, during the American Revolution. The battles resulted in an American victory, and the surrender of Burgoyne's army.
22 de feb. de 2024 · The Saratoga Campaign (20 June to 17 October 1777) was one of the most important military campaigns of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), in which a British army under General John Burgoyne invaded the Hudson River Valley but was defeated by an American force at the Battles of Saratoga.
1 de sept. de 2021 · As Howe debated an attack on the American capital of Philadelphia, British General John Burgoyne proposed a three-pronged attack on the city of Albany in upstate New York to cut the New England colonies away from those south and west of the Hudson River.
In 1777 these troops were to move south for an attack on Albany, New York. Gen. John Burgoyne, coming down from Canada via Lake Champlain and Lake George, was to meet at Albany a much smaller British force under Col. Barry St. Leger, who was to advance from Oswego along the Mohawk Valley.
