 Burgoyne akabuda musi waJune 14, 1777, aine uto rakasanganiswa revarwi venguva dzose vokuBritain, vokuGermany vanobatsira uye varwi vokuCanada, ndokutora Fort Ticonderogamusi waJuly 5. Sezvo Mukuru Mukuru Horatio Gates akadzokera, mauto ake akavhara migwagwa, akaparadza mabhiriji, akavhara nzizi, uye akatorera nzvimbo yacho zvokudya. Izvi zvakaderedza kufambira mberi kwaBurgoyne uye zvakamumanikidza kutumira nzendo huru dzekutsvaga chikafu; pane imwe yeiyi, mauto eBritain anopfuura mazana manomwe akabatwa muHondo yeBennington musi waAugust 7. St Leger akaenda kumabvazuva ndokukomba Fort Stanwix; pasinei nokukurira mauto eAmerica muHondo yeOriskany musi waAugust 6, akasiyiwa nevaIndia vaaitsigirana navo uye akadzokera kuQuebec musi waAugust 22. Iye zvino akanga ava oga uye ari muduku kuna Gates, Burgoyne akapfuurira kuAlbany panzvimbo pokudzokera kuFort Ticonderoga, achisvika kuSaratoga musi waSeptember 13. Akavaka dziviriro dzakapoteredza taundi ndokumbira Clinton kuti amutsigire achivaka dziviriro dzakapoteredza taundi. 