British General Sir Henry Clinton makes a desperate attempt to distract the Continental Army facing General Burgoyne in the upper Hudson Valley. Clinton captures Forts Clinton and Montgomery but fails to cause any of the Continentals under Horatio Gates to turn focus away from Burgoyne.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Logusz, Michael O. With Musket & Tomahawk: The West Point-Hudson Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777, Carrell Books, 2016
Online Recommendation of the Week: Clay, Steven E. Staff Ride Handbook for the Saratoga Campaign, 13 June to 8 November 1777, Combat Studies Institute Press, 2018: https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/educational-services/staff-rides/Staff-Ride-Handbook-Saratoga-Campaign.pdf
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Episode 153 Staten Island and Setauket
Episode 152 Fort Stanwix and Oriskany
Episode 151 The St. Leger Expedition
Episode 150 Howe Leaves New York
Episode 149 Lafayette Comes to America
Episode 148 Murder of Jane McCrea
Episode 147 Kidnapping General Prescott
Episode 146 Battle of Hubbardton
Episode 145 Retreat from Ticonderoga
Episode 144 Defense of Fort Ticonderoga
Episode 143 Burgoyne's Northern Army
Episode 142 Disease and the Revolution
Episode 141 Congress Returns to Philadelphia
Episode 140 Battle of Short Hills
Episode 139 Meigs Raid on Sag Harbor
Episode 138 Battle of Thomas Creek
Episode 137 Lambert Wickes
Episode 136 Franklin in Paris
Episode 135 The Danbury Raid
Episode 134 The Battle of Bound Brook
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