The Battle of
Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was in 1777
in Saratoga, New York. It was a battle part of the American Revolution and was
a major turning point for the better. General John Burgoyne was leading the
British and his soldier was tired and week from earlier battles. They were
7,200 strong on the first of 2 battles. The Americans lead by Benedict Arnold
lead the Americans with the help of Haratio Gates were 9,000. It was a short
battle. Burgoyne captured the American base Ticonderoga and forced the
Americans out.
General
Burgoyne now owning fort Ticonderoga had a decision for winter. An other
British general was moving north for the winter. Burgoyne cold either go south
to Albany or stay at north to Ticonderoga. He decided to cross the Hudson River
while his forces were still strong and stay at Ticonderoga.
Benedict
and Gates got help from George Washington while the British were hiding in the
winter. He Ordered 750 men from the Massachusetts militia as well as 500
specially strained riflemen to join the command of Benedict Then in July the
moved to the road 10 miles from Saratoga were the English would go to move to
Albany. Now they were 12,000 strong against a now smaller English army only
6,200.
Gates, Arnold, and Lincoln were all
assigned small groups that would Arnold took the left Flank while Lincoln and
Gates stayed central and Attacked small outpost were the English tried to
withdraw the Americans. The battle was long and only lasted what seemed like
forever for the British. The English flanked left as planned, but Arnold was
ready he and his men intercepted them. Gunfire continued though out the whole
day. Also as planned other British tried to withdraw the Americans by attacking
bases but it was to late the Americans where already thinning the British out.
The elite group of riflemen called
Morgan’s men took out almost every person they could see. The main British
forces were all pushed back while the Americans called in more reinforcements.
French and Spanish troops were in small numbers but provided lots of ammunition
and tactics.
Morgan’s men were so productive
even with small numbers (500 men) they worked like 10,000, but then Burgoyne
received orders to move his forces to the right, where the Morgan’s men were,
now knowing how small the number’s were. But the Americans anticipated this and
surrounded them, with the help of the New York Militia that came half way
through, marking the end of the two battles.
The Americans only had 90 deaths
and 240 wounded. But the British had 440 killed, 695 wounded, and 6,222 captured.
This was a major turning point for the Americans with the resupply of weapons,
clothes, food, and gunpowder. They were ready for the next winter.
Sources:
http://southwilliamstown.org/category/history/page/2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Saratoga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_Benedict_Arnold,_1777–1779
http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-saratoga.htm
I liked how you added the number of deaths, wounded , and captured at the end it helpt put things in perspective. Something to work on would be that sometimes things were a little hard to follow, it felt like you we're jumping all over the place and switch which army you were talking about without making that clear.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE how u described every single detail of the battle from the causes, the actual battle, to the results. I feels like im getting taught by a person who had actually been at the battle not who had just, done a bit of research than wrote about it. Over all NICE JOB!!!
ReplyDeleteElliott White
Thank you Elliott for the review. I enjoyed hearing that you liked my post.
DeleteVictor,
ReplyDeleteThe first of many things that I enjoyed about your post was that how the british originally got to ticonderoga. I liked how you described what the british had and how many. It was interesting that during the battle how you described troop movement and what actually happened during the battle, not just "the americans won, the end, now i'm gonna go eat some chips."
Great Job overall.
Victor,
ReplyDeleteI liked how wrote your blog post like a story compared to just giving facts and dates. I also liked how you ended your post with the numbers of the wounded and dead because then you can see the drastic difference that came from this war. I liked how you had a map, but it might of been more helpful if it was a little larger. In your post, you said that the battle was long, exactly how long was it? Thanks for this interesting post.
Piper
Victor,
ReplyDeleteI like how you described this battle, and I was very interesting. I think that your content was fabulous. The only thing that you should probably focus on next time is spelling, but other than that, great post Victor. Another thing that I liked about your post was that you included the amounts of people killed, captured, and wounded in the last paragraph. In brief, this is a great post!
Nathaniel
Victor,
ReplyDeleteI think you should of had a title that made sense I almost didn't read your blog. But, I did and I really liked it! I thought the map was a great learning tool. The end was upper funny and it made me smile. I also liked how you included all the facts like how many died.
-Miriam
Victor,
ReplyDeleteI thought that your blog holds a lot of information, and was organized in the way you wrote it. I noticed you had a couple of grammar issues in your post, and your spelling could also use some work. I loved all the detail you put in, and all of the visuals added. One thing to keep in mind is that numbers under three digits have to be spelled out.
Great Blog!
Lyssa