 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Zvisarudzo zvakarongwa naWashington muzhizha ra1777 zvakabatsira zvikuru uto raGates paSaratoga pamutengo wehondo yake pachake munharaunda yePhiladelphia nokuti aifunga kuti Howe aizofamba achienda kuchamhembe kuSaratoga uye kwete kumaodzanyemba kuPhiladelphia. Akatora ngozi huru muna July kupfurikidza nokuparadzanisa varwi vanopfuura chiuru kubva muuto rake amene kuenda kuchamhembe kunobatana nehondo yeSaratoga. Akatumira ruyamuro kuchamhembe muchimiro chaMajor General Benedict Arnold, mutungamiriri wake womunda ane utsinye zvikurusa, uye Major General Benjamin Lincoln, murume weMassachusetts anozivikanwa nokuda kwokutapura kwake muuto reNew England uyewo mumwe wavakuru vakuru vaidiwa zvikurusa naWashington. Akarayira varume 750 vomuzvikwata zvaIsrael Putnam zvaidzivirira nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeNew York kuti vabatane neuto raGates. Akatumirawo mamwe masimba akanakisisa kubva muuto rake amene: Colonel Daniel Morgan neProvisional Rifle Corps yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa, iyo yaibatanidza varwi vanenge 500 vakasarudzwa zvikurukuru kubva kuPennsylvania, Maryland, neVirginia, vakasarudzwa nokuda kwokugona kwavo kupfura. Boka iri rakazozivikanwa seVarwi vaMorgan. 