The bulk of Burgoyne's army had made…
August 1777 CE
On August 3, messengers from General Howe finally succeed in making their way through the American lines to Burgoyne's camp at Fort Edward. (Numerous attempts by the British generals to communicate have been frustrated by the capture and hanging of their messengers by the Americans.)
The messengers do not bring good news.
On July 17 Howe had written that he was preparing to depart by sea with his army to capture Philadelphia, and that General Clinton, responsible for New York City's defense, would "act as occurrences may direct".
Burgoyne refuses to divulge the contents of this dispatch to his staff.
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