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fires were left burning to deceive the vigilance of the Americans.

General Burgoyne's army made but a short march that night, and then halted until the following afternoon. On the evening of the 9th the British occupied the village of Saratoga. During the night they forded the Fishkill and encamped on rising ground in the angle between that stream and the Hudson. Thus, from the evening of the 7th to the morning of the 10th, Burgoyne, to whom time was of capital importance, had retreated but a little over eight miles.