Burgoyne's Invasion, also known as the Saratoga campaign in 1777, was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War. It ended in the surrender of the British army. The primary thrust of the campaign was planned and initiated by General John Burgoyne. Commanding a main force of some 8,000 men, he moved south in June from Quebec, boated south on Lake Champlain to Fort Ticonderoga, and from there boated south on Lake George, then marched down the Hudson Valley to Saratoga.
