The
Saratoga Campaign was a
1777 initiative by the
British Army in the
American Revolutionary War. Its intent was divide the American forces by creating a
British zone of control between the New England colonies and their neighbors to the south. The campaign ended wirh
Burgoyne's surrender on
October 17, 1777 after the
Battle of Saratoga.
After Lieutenant General
Burgoyne helped defeat the American
Invasion of Canada[?] in late
1776 he returned to England in December.
He began actively trying to get political support for a plan to divide the American Colonies by invading from
Canada.
General Sir
Henry Clinton was also in Great Britain trying to get authority for an independent command of his own.
Burgoyne wrote out his strategy as "Thoughts for Conducting the War on the Side of Canada".
He submitted it to Lord Germain, and on February 20, 1777 he won approval and beat his rival for the comnmand.