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Updated: August 29, 2026

Instead of turning Gates's flank his own had been turned. Instead of thrusting Gates back upon the river, he would surely be forced there himself, in a few hours, at most. Instead, even, of dealing Gates such a blow as would favor a retreat, Burgoyne's situation was now more precarious than ever: it was more than precarious; it was next to hopeless.

Samuel Adams Drake - Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777: With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76.