... march south quite slowly. On September 19, the Royal army advanced upon the American Camp in three separate columns. Two of the columns marched through the forests that covered the region; the third, which was composed of German troops, marched down the river road. Americans became aware of the British advancement and Gates ordered Colonel Daniel Morgan's corps of Virginia riflemen to track the British march. A battle began in a ... Albany. He decided to risk a second engagement, and on October 7 ordered a British force of 1,500 troops with eight cannons to test the American left flank....

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