British Surrender
Burgoyne almost lost before the true surrender, but Baron von Riedesel
brought in his German troops and came to Burgoyne's rescue. The British
survived, but lost 600 men. Yet, Burgoyne did not retreat. Burgoyne waited
a month for other British troops to fight, but soon realized he had to fight
himself. A British general named Simon Fraser led the British troops in
a charge, but was shot.That was the end of the battle. A week later, Burgoyne
surrendered to General Horatio Gates on October 17, 1777. The Americans
had won the battle.
