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Battles of Saratoga

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The Battles of Saratoga were fought on 19 September and 7 October 1777 near Saratoga, New York, between the American Continental Army under Generals Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold and the British Army under General John Burgoyne, during the American Revolutionary War. The second battle ended with a decisive American victory and Burgoyne's surrender, persuading France to enter the war as an American ally. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Battle Type
Land campaign (two pitched battles leading to a siege and surrender) 1
Year
1777 1
Location
Stillwater, New York, United States 1
Outcome
American victory; Burgoyne's surrender 1
Battle Type
Battle Type (category)
Siege 1
Battle Type (category)
Pitched Battle 1
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1. Wikipedia: Battles of Saratoga
  • Lead section, para 1
    a great turning point of the war, because it won for Americans the foreign assistance from France
  • Infobox: Date
    September 19 and October 7, 1777
  • Infobox: Location
    Stillwater, New York (42 59 56N 73 38 15W)
  • Infobox: Result
    American victory; Burgoyne's surrender on October 17
  • Part Of: American Revolutionary War, Infobox: Part of
    Saratoga campaign in the Northern Theater of the American Revolutionary War
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Wikidata: Battles of Saratoga
Wikidata Q846674, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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