Military
After the battle here ended, General Burgoyne received word that British troops in New York City planned to help him, and he ordered his army to establish camps and defenses from here to the Hudson River. Here they built the Light Infantry Redoubt, Burgoyne's strongest fort, protected by eight artillery pieces and a tough, well-trained garrison. The redoubt's walls stood here in 1777. Major Alexander, Lord Balcarres, commanded the British Light Infantry Battalion here, and his 500 troops defended it. These elite soldiers had fought little on September 19, while the burden of heavy combat had fallen on less-experienced soldiers.
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