Chapter 622 (1/2)

In this age of no telegraphy, no radio, it is very difficult for St. Redge to know the information hundreds of kilometers away from him.

So he had no idea why General William Howe's troops were not in Albany.

The military plan was made by General William Howe himself.

If William Howe's army was destroyed by the army, St. Redge would not believe it. General William Howe is commanding an army of nearly 20000 people. If this army is defeated by the big army, then Britain should not fight with the United States, and go back to Britain by boat.

So St. Redge quickly decided that General William Howe and his army should be caught in something.

To be a colonel, St. Redge is not a vegetarian.

Compared with the captain Auston in the fort of Detroit, St. Redge is a serious fighter from the bottom. He should have a good military quality.

Therefore, although there is no definite information about William Howe, St. Redge made the decision to move north and support brigadier general bergoin in the first time.

St. Redge knew exactly what his mission was to contain the army in the West and eventually join brigadier general bergoin with General William Howe.

Now that William Howe is out of sight, St. Redge can only take the initiative to move closer to the bogoin department. Let alone the fact that bergoin's department is under siege by the army, the situation is very bad, so his Western army should support brigadier general bergoin.

Under the leadership of St. Redge, the four thousand West Route Army abandoned the stronghold of sknektadi and marched to Saratoga in the Northeast overnight.

Perhaps it's because Horatio Gates was excited about the 7000 soldiers who were holding bergoin head-on.

As long as he can take out bergoin's army, this battle will be his biggest victory since he became commander of the New York North army.

Horatio Gates has no worries about whether he can win the 7000 of bergoin.

After all, there are 12000 troops here, 12000 to 7000, and with all the preparation, Horatio gates is not worried about swallowing bergoin's army.

”Philip, have Arnold's forces cut off bergoin's back?” Looking at the map, Horatio gates asked without looking back.

Next to him, a major general who was seven or eight years younger than him was also looking at the map. The major general was Philip Skyler.

Philip Skyler pointed to an area on the map, then drew a line with his finger and said, ”Arnold's troops have arrived at the predetermined position in the evening yesterday. His troops have now cut off bergoin's escape route to the north. Now bergoin is surrounded by us and he can't run.”

Horatio gates nodded with satisfaction, his face full of happy smile.

Philip Skyler, who was beside him, had a helpless look on his face after glancing at him.

Although Skyler is eight years younger than gates, he has higher qualifications in the army than gates. As early as the year before last, when the war of independence broke out in 1775, Skyler was named major general and became one of the only four major generals in the army at that time. At that time, Horatio Gates was only a brigadier general, and his rank of major general was promoted last year.