Most of Burgoyne's army had arrived in…
June 1777 CE
In addition to British regulars, the troops in Quebec include several regiments from the German principalities of Hesse-Hanau (from whose name the common reference of Hessian comes) and Brunswick under the command of Baron Friedrich Adolph Riedesel.
Of these regular forces, two hundred British regulars and three hundred to four hundred Germans are assigned to St. Leger's Mohawk valley expedition, and about thirty-five hundred men remain in Quebec to protect the province.
The remaining forces are assigned to Burgoyne for the campaign to Albany.
The regular forces are supposed to be augmented by as many as two thousand militia raised in Quebec; by June, Carleton has managed to raise only three small companies.
Burgoyne had also expected as many as one thousand natives to support the expedition.
About five hundred will join between Montreal and Crown Point.
Burgoyne's army is beset by transport difficulties before it leaves Quebec, something that apparently neither Burgoyne nor Carleton have anticipated.
As the expedition expects to travel mainly over water, there are few wagons, horses, and other draft animals available to move the large amount of equipment and supplies on the land portions of the route.
Only in early June does Carleton issue orders to procure carts sufficient to move the army.
As a consequence, the carts are poorly constructed of green wood, and the teams are driven by civilians who are at a higher risk of desertion.
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