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On October 7, 1777, more than half of Colonel Breymann's men went out with the probing force ordered by General Burgoyne. After that force was beaten back, the survivors ran to the safety of the British Light Infantry Redoubt, and none of Breymann's men returned here. Morgan's Corps exploited the weakness and attacked, and when General Arnold and other American units joined in, the assault on Breymann's fortified camp became overwhelming. The elite Braunschweig Light Infantry Battalion, formed only in 1776, had veteran officers, but many of its privates were inexperienced teenagers.
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