 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nyaya yeukuru hwebasa yakanga yanetsa kwete Arnold chete, asiwo John Stark, Nathanael Greene, John Sullivan, naHenry Knox. Stark akasiya basa rake somukuru mukuru wehondo pashure pokunge Congress yakapa basa romukuru mukuru wehondo kumurwi wechiFrench, Philippe de Coudray, uye vamwe vatatu vakanyunyuta zvikuru pamusoro penhau yacho. Dare reCongress rakapfuura chikumbiro chake chokudzorerwa kwechigaro, uye nemaune rakamuramba kuti abvunzwe nezvekudzivirirwa kwePhiladelphia achitsigira chizvarwa chePennsylvania Thomas Mifflin, mumwe wevakuru vakuru vakakwidziridzwa pamberi pake. Arnold akaendesa kurega kwake basa kuCongress musi waJuly 11. Zvisinei, Washington akanga anyorera Congress zuva rakanga rapfuura, achivazivisa kuti uto reBritain raitungamirirwa naGeneral John Burgoyne rakanga ratora Fort Ticonderoga, uye vachikurudzira nemashoko anofadza kuti Arnold atumirwe kuchamhembe kuzobetsera mukudzivirira mupata woRwizi rweHudson. Tichifunga nezvokutsigirwa kwakasimba kwaWashington, Arnold akakumbira kuti kurega kwake basa kuregedzwe, uye akabva kuPhiladelphia akananga kuchamhembe. Muvhoti musi waAugust 8, Congress yakavhota ichiramba kudzorera basa raArnold. Zuva rakatevera racho, rakapa basa romukuru mukuru wehondo kuna Marquis de Lafayette, panguva iyoyo aiva nemakore gumi nemapfumbamwe chete. 