A meeting engagement on September 19, 1777, quickly turned from a skirmish into a full fledged battle near Saratoga, NY. The 20th Regiment of Foot was advancing against Continental troops, who turned out to be Daniel Morgan’s riflemen. The English troops were decimated by accurate rifle fire while trying to cross the ravine and the brush barriers the riflemen had hastily erected. This part of the battle was a defining Continental victory.
A meeting engagement on September 19, 1777, quickly turned from a skirmish into a full fledged battle near Saratoga, NY. The 20th Regiment of Foot was advancing against Continental troops, who turned out to be Daniel Morgan’s riflemen. The English troops were decimated by accurate rifle fire while trying to cross the ravine and the brush barriers the riflemen had hastily erected. This part of the battle was a defining Continental victory.