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Snell Park Historian February 28, 1951 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. page 1 REFERENCES..................................................................................................................page 3 PART I ...................................................................................................... page 6 British and German Losses, July 2 to July 8, 17 7 7 ....... ............. page 9 Garrison for Fort Ticonderoga, July 1777................................................ page 9 Garrison for Diamond Island, Lake George................................................ page 10 Auxiliaries, July 2 - August 1, 1777......................................................... page 11 German Losses, August 16, 1777, at Bennington..................................... page 13 B ritish Losses, August 16, at Bennington................................................ page 14 R einforcem ents, September 3, 1777................................................................page 14 Contemporary B r itis h E stim a te s, September 1 to 19.............................page 14 German L osses, September 19 to October 17...........................................p a g e 16 B r itis h L osses, September 19 to October 17..........................................»page 19 Contemporary Estimates of B ritish Losses..................... page 21 Contemporary Estimates of the Strength of the B ritish and German Troops Captured at Saratoga, October 17, 1777....page 27 Summary.........................................................................................................................page 31 Remarks.........................................................................................................................page 33 C onclusions to F a rt I ..........................................................................................page 34 Key Contemporary R eturns fo r October 17...................................................page 35 F a rt I I .........................................................................................................................page 39 P a rt III-A - B r itis h R egulars.......................................................................«page 43 S tren g th o f B r itis h Regim ents, July 1 « October 17.........................«page 44 A Check on Burgoynes’ C asualty L i s t s ......................................................... page 51 - i - B r itis h O ffic e rs, General S ta f f .............................................................. .« .p ag e 56 9th Regiment................................. ......................................................................page 57 20th Regiment.......................................................................................................page 58 2 l s t Regim ent.........................................................................................................page 59 24th Regiment.........................................................................................................page 60 47th R egim ent........................................................................................................page 61 53rd Regiment.........................................................................................................page 62 62nd Regim ent.......................... page 63 L ight In fa n try Companies....................................«......................................... page 64 G renadier Companies............................................................................................page 65 Royal A rtillery ......................................... page 66 lîiscellaneous British Units and Auxiliaries ....................................... page 67 PART III-B , GERMAN REGULARS...............................................................................page 69 S tren g th o f German Regim ents, Ju ly 1 - October 17...............................page 70 A Check on ^urgoyne’s Casualty Lists for the Germans........................page 74 German General Staff, Officers ........................................... »page 76 C hasseurs and Jager R e g im e n t................................................................. page 77 Dragoon Regiment.................................................................................................. page 78 G renadier Regiment........................................................................ page 79 Regiment Von Rhetz.......... .. ..................... ..p a g e 80 Regiment Von R ie d e se l....................................................................................... page 81 Regiment Von Specht............................................................................................page 82 Regiment P rince F re d e ric k ..............................................................................page 83 Hesse Hanau A r t i l l e r y . .......................... page 84 Hesse Hanau Regiment Crown P r i n c e . ............................................page 85 PART 111-SUMMARY* TOTAL STRENGTH OF BRITISH & GERMAN REGULARS.. For June 1, 1777.......... ....page 86 For Ju ly 1, 1777................................... page 87 For August 1, 1777.............................. page 87 For September 3 - 19, 1777.............................................................................page 88. For October 17, 1777..........................................................................................page 88 Garrisons left Behind....................... .....p a g e 89 C a s u a l t i e s . .....................................................................................................page 90 C onclusion to F a rt I I I ..........................................................................................page 91 PART IV.......................................................................................................................... page 93 O rg an izatio n o f B r itis h Army, September 19, 1777............................page 93 Strength of B ritish and German Corps, September 19........................ page 95 Estimated Strength of B ritish Army, October 7, 1777........................ page 97 Organization of the British and German Corps, October 7 ............. page 98 -ii- A REPORT ON THE STRENGTH OF TBE BRITISH ARMY UNDER LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOHN BURG6YNE, JULY 1 TO OCTOBER 17, 1777, AND ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY1 ON. SEPTEMBER 19 AND OCTOBER 7, 1777 By Charles W. Snell Park Historian INTRODUCTION: This report is divided into four sections. Part I repre­ sents an attempt to test five conflicting sets of returns for the strength of the British and German Privates on July 1, 1777, by deducting from them the campaign casualties as they occurred. This should logically give the strength of the British privates at each period and for the surrender. It was believed that when the results, reached by this method for October 17, 1777, were compared with the various contemporary returns for the troops actually surrendered, it
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