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/
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Battle TypeLand campaign (two pitched battles leading to a siege and surrender) 1 LocationStillwater, New York, United States 1 OutcomeAmerican victory; Burgoyne's surrender 1 Battle Type
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Historian Edmund Morgan described Saratoga as "a great turning point of the war", because it won for Americans the foreign assistance from France, which was the last element needed for victory." The British Army's campaign in New York was aimed at dividing New England from the middle and southern colonies.
Infobox: Date
September 19 and October 7, 1777
Infobox: location
Stillwater, New York
Infobox: result
American victory, Freeman's Farm:, British victory, Bemis Heights:, American victory, Saratoga campaign#Surrender, Burgoyne's surrender: October 17
Part Of: American Revolutionary War, Infobox: part_of
the Saratoga campaign in the Northern Theater of the American Revolutionary War
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Wikidata Q846674, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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