Strategies
They left tents out to trick their opponent into believing that they were still there when they had already left the camp. Another one of the strategies used during the Battle of Saratoga was the Hudson strategy. The Hudson strategy was to attack from the north by going through Canada along the Hudson River. This invasion by coming down the Hudson Valley to Albany was Burgoyne's Divide-and-Conquer strategy. His plan was to meet up with other British troops that was led by Sir William Howe. Burgoyne believed that this strategy of attack would not only isolate New England from the other American colonies, but accomplish control over the Hudson River which would demoralize Americans and their French allies. As a part of the plan General St Leger and his troops were to march across the St. Lawrence River, through Lake Ontario, and end up in Oswego, New York. He was then to use the Mohawk and Oswego River to get to Albany and join the other armies. Although this was a good plan, the parties were not at the right place at the right time. Unfortunately, this plan failed leaving Americans the victory of the war.