This article is from Military History Matters issue 121
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In the summer of 1777, British forces were waging a campaign to finally crush the American rebellion. Kevin Weddle here analyses how Continental Army and Militia forces under Major General Horatio Gates turned the situation around, inflicting a stunning defeat on the British that had consequences for the rest of the war.
The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution Kevin J Weddle Oxford University Press, £26.99 (hbk) ISBN 978-0195331400
