 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 3rd Regiment haina kugara kwenguva refu paFort Ticonderoga; mutungamiri we fort, Arthur St. Clair, akamanikidzwa kusiya fort nokuti mauto emutungamiri weBritain John Burgoyne akanga atora kutonga kweGomo reDeffiance riri pedyo, zvichiita kuti zvive nyore kugadzira Fort Ticonderoga. Nokudaro, mukupera kwaJuly 5, 1777, mirairo yokubuda muFort Ticonderoga yakapiwa, uye mangwanani-ngwanani aJuly 6, 1777 3rd Regiment yakanga ichifamba yakananga kuHubbardton nechikamu chikuru cheuto reAmerica pasi pokutungamirira kwaSt. Clair. Pakazosvika 8 July 1777 vakanga vasvika kuFort Edward, New York, uye vakatanga mushandirapamwe wokugadzira madhamu uye kutema miti kuti vagadzire nyika yacho isingapfuuriki sezvinobvira nokuda kweuto reBritain rakapinda. Musi wa28 Chikunguru 1777, Mauto eAmerica akatamira kuFort Miller, akazoenda kuStillwater musi wa10 Nyamavhuvhu 1777, uye musi wa18 Nyamavhuvhu 1777 kuVan Schaick Island pamharadzano yenzizi dzeMohawk neHudson. Mauto eAmerica, zvino akawedzerwa nemasoja emashure-ekucheka, akabva atanga kuenda kuchamhembe, achisvika kuBemis Heights kunodzika musasa musi wa8 Gunyana 1777. Ruzhinji rwechirimo rwakapedzwa pasina musasa wakakodzera uye zvinhu zvakadai sematende, zvichipiwa kudzokera nokukurumidza kubva kuFort Ticonderoga. 