Schematic plans · American Revolution
Battles of Saratoga
- 19 September – 7 October 1777
- 2 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 2 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
Bars in the attacker's colour:Great BritainUSA
Losses in these engagements
- Great Britain
- 1,156 lostin 2 engagements
- USA
- 446 lostin 2 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Freeman's Farm | 19 Sept – 19 Sept | Br Army4,400 men | Am Army7,000 men | 556 / 316 | Draw |
| 2. | Bemis Heights | 7 Oct – 7 Oct | Br Army5,000 men | Am Army11,000 men | 600 / 130 | USA won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.