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Washington the Soldier

APPENDIX E. ORGANIZATION OF BURGOYNE’S ARMY.

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To remain in Canada, part of 8th regiment, 460 men; part of 34th, 348 men; parts of 29th and 31st regiments, 896 men; eleven additional companies expected from Great Britain, 616 men; brigade detachments, 300 men; detachments from German troops, 650 men, and Royal Highland emigrants, 500 men; making a total of 3,770 men.

The army of invasion (see page 171) numbered as follows:

Men.

The grenadiers and light infantry (except of the 8th and 24th regiments), as the advance corps under General Fraser 1,568

First brigade; battalion companies of the 9th, 21st, and 47th regiments 1,194

Second brigade; battalion companies of the 20th, 53d, and 62d regiments, leaving 50 of each in Canada 1,194

German troops, except the Hanau Chasseurs, and 650 left in Canada 3,217

Total, with artillery 7,173

To this force were to be associated “as many Canadians and Indians as might be thought necessary for the service.”

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