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After a brutal 8-mile-long retreat, British soldiers strained through the night here to throw up earthen defenses against an American attack. Two thousand men then lay day and night near trenches with no tents to shelter them from the cold autumn rains, and their worn out horses and oxen lay beside them. Burgoyne’s fortified camp was the size of 80 modern football fields. Each shovelful of dirt bought an extra measure of safety, but cost the British time they could have used to escape.
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Victory, New York · United States
