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General Horatio Gates and his American soldiers had built formidable defenses on Bemis Heights, just south of Saratoga overlooking the Hudson. The two armies engaged in combat at Freeman’s Farm on September 19. While the British held off the Americans, their losses were great.
GATES, HORATIO (1728–1806), American general, was born at Maldon in Essex, England, in 1728. He entered the English army at an early age, and was rapidly promoted. He accompanied General Braddock in his disastrous expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1755, and was severely wounded in the battle of July 9; .and he saw other active service in the Seven Years' War.
16 de fev. de 2012 · Horatio Gates died in New York City in 1806. His legacy would always be tainted by his actions towards General Washington and his retreat from Camden. Horatio Gates was one of the only generals in the Continental Army that had British Army experience. By the end of the war he would have a bad reputation.
1. Horatio Lloyd Gates was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. 2. Frustrated by his inability to advance in the army, Horatio Gates sold his commission and established a small plantation in Virginia. 3.
Horatio Gates (1726-1806) was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He is usually credited with the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga and the later disastrous defeat at the Battle of Camden. Horatio Gates was born to a couple in the service of Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, at Maldon, England in 1727.
Horatio Gates (ur. 26 lipca 1727 w Maldon, zm. 10 kwietnia 1806 na Manhattanie) – amerykański generał w czasie rewolucji roku 1776. Życiorys. W latach 1749–1750 walczył przeciw Francuzom w Kanadzie. Do rewolucji przyłączył się w 1775 roku, mimo że wcześniej w 1765 wycofał się z armii, by zamieszkać w Wirginii.
Horatio Lloyd Gates was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (1777) – a matter of contemporary and historical controversy – and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden in 1780.
