General John Burgoyne reached a small, but unaffordable win over the American forces on September 19th, 1777. The american forces were led Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold aka the American traitor. After the attack a angry Benedict Arnold pushed Gates out of his defensive thinking, winning the permission to command the men he lead them into the woods to block a British flanking column. The aftermath of the attack had weakened the british soldiers. The two battles were only fought Eighteen days apart so when Burgoyne strengthened his army he decided to make another
