Burgoyne
John, 1722–92, British general and dramatist: surrendered at Saratoga in American Revolutionary War.
Historical Examples
Burgoyne’s Invasion of 1777 Samuel Adams Drake
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 Charles Herbert Sylvester
The Student’s Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving Washington Irving
Washington and his Comrades in Arms George Wrong
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 (of 5) John Marshall
Washington and his Comrades in Arms George Wrong
Great Events in the History of North and South America Charles A. Goodrich
Washington and his Comrades in Arms George Wrong
The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill John T. McIntyre
Washington and his Comrades in Arms George Wrong
noun
John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
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