Fort Burgoyne, originally known as Castle Hill Fort, was built in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston forts around Dover in southeast England. It was built...
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General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792...
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south coast of the Thames Estuary Fort Burgoyne, overlooking Dover's coast Spitbank Fort, outside Portsmouth Harbour Fort Albert, on the Isle of Wight Drake's...
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Hill Fort in Dover was renamed Fort Burgoyne in memory of him. In 1821 Burgoyne married Charlotte Rose; they had a son, (Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC)...
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Saratoga campaign (redirect from Burgoyne campaign)
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...
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Talbot Burgoyne Fort Burgoyne, a fort northeast of Dover, England, United Kingdom Ulmus americana 'Burgoyne', a cultivar of Ulmus Americana Burgoyne baronets...
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news reached Burgoyne on August 28 that St. Leger's expedition down the Mohawk River valley had turned back after the failed Siege of Fort Stanwix. General...
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included about 600 men under arms, paused at Fort Anne, where a smaller advance company from Burgoyne's army caught up to them. The British, clearly outnumbered...
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under General John Burgoyne occupied high ground above it; the threat resulted in the Continental Army troops being withdrawn from the fort and its surrounding...
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Maunsell Sea Forts Dymchurch Redoubt Eastbourne Redoubt Fort Burgoyne Admiralty Pier Turret Dover Western Heights Littlehampton Fort Newhaven Fort Saxon Shore...
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state of New York. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's 8,000-man army occupied high ground above the fort, and nearly surrounded the defenses. These movements...
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whose army was opposing British General John Burgoyne's attempt to gain control of the Hudson. The forts were garrisoned by about 600 Continental Army...
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Ticonderoga with some of his forces in late September, he was too late to aid Burgoyne. Fort Stanwix occupied a strategic western portage known as the Oneida Carrying...
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Gravesend Civil Defence Bunker, the former Connaught Barracks near Fort Burgoyne in Dover, as well as near the village of Pluckley. Age of Heroes was...
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under the command of John Burgoyne during the American Revolutionary War. Engaged to a Loyalist officer serving under Burgoyne, her death lead to widespread...
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most success. After the British victories at Fort Ticonderoga, Hubbardton, and Fort Anne, General John Burgoyne proceeded with the Saratoga campaign, with...
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23 February 2019. I would rather walk with you, West Wing Battery at Fort Burgoyne, Dover, UK. Commissioned for Pioneering Places by the Land Trust. Permanent...
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Archcliffe Fort Dover Castle complex, including: East Demi Battery Hospital Battery Shotyard Battery Shoulder of Mutton Battery Fort Burgoyne Langdon Battery...
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withdrew through Canada and joined Burgoyne's campaign at Fort Ticonderoga. The British failure to capture the fort and proceed down the Mohawk Valley...
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General John Burgoyne during his Saratoga campaign in 1777, and remained in British hands until 1796, following the 1794 Jay Treaty. The fort started as...
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Lake Champlain (section General Burgoyne's Campaign)
fronts. Lake Champlain provided Burgoyne with protected passage deep into the American colonies. Burgoyne's army reached Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence...
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in Kent. The barracks, which were built about half a mile south of Fort Burgoyne, were completed in July 1913. During the First World War the barracks...
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the British, however. Their campaign against the forts caused delays in reinforcing General John Burgoyne at Saratoga. Americans gained the upper hand at...
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Littlehampton Redoubt (redirect from Littlehampton Fort)
Burgoyne, Inspector of General Fortifications, expressing his concern about the lack of defensive works along the south coast. Also in 1846 Burgoyne produced...
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recapture of Fort Ticonderoga, where he stated, "Where a goat can go, a man can go. And where a man can go, he can drag a gun." As part of Burgoyne's army, he...
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River to Fort Oswego, and from there to Fort Stanwix (the site of modern Rome, New York). The fort was more strongly defended than he and Burgoyne had anticipated...
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crushing victory at Vittorio Veneto. 105th Siege Battery was formed at Fort Burgoyne, Dover, on 13 January 1916 under Army Council Instruction 145 of 19...
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However, poor campaign planning for 1777 contributed to the failure of John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign, which played a major role in the entry of France into...
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artillery battery on this site in 1829, the present fort is a result of a recommendation by Sir John Fox Burgoyne, the Inspector-General of Fortifications, in...
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Peter Gansevoort, a hero in the siege of Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler) which contributed to the downfall of Burgoyne's army at the Battle of Saratoga during...
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