 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Zvichakadaro, Burgoyne, asina rubatsiro kubva kuna Howe, akabatwa uye akamanikidzwa kupa uto rake rese musi waGumiguru 17, mazuva gumi mushure meHondo yeBemis Heights. Rukundo rwakaita kuti General Gates ave gamba, uyo akagamuchira rumbidzo yeCongress. Apo izvi zvakanga zvichiitika Washington akatungamirira ari kure pamusoro pokurasikirwa kwokutonga Rwizi rweDelaware kuvaBritain, uye akafamba nehondo yake kuenda kumakamuri ayo echando paValley Forge muna December. Washington akasarudza Valley Forge, pamusoro pezvinorayirwa kuti agadzire musasa pedyo kana kure nePhiladelphia, nokuti yakanga iri pedyo zvakakwana kuti itarise kufamba kwemauto eBritain, uye yakadzivirira mapurazi akapfuma kumadokero kubva kumakwikwi emuvengi. 