Question

At the Battle of Saratoga, General __________ was able to break the British line on the enemy’s right-hand flank.

A) Horatio Gates
B) Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau
C) John Burgoyne
D) Benedict Arnold

Answer 1

it is either Horatio Gates or Benedict Arnold who broke the right hand flank

Answer 2

A) Horatio Gates

Step-by-step explanation:

Horatio Gates officer of the British army, and later, American general during the War of independence. His name is frequently associated with the American victory in the Battle of Saratoga and the defeat in Camden.

Gates assumed command on August 19, just in time to stop the invasion of British general Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga. While Gates and his supporters tried to claim credit for the victory and surrender of Burgoyne, military actions were led by field commanders such as Benedict Arnold, Enoch Poor, Benjamin Lincoln and Daniel Morgan. John Stark's victory over a major British force in Bennington (Stark forces killed or captured more than 900 British soldiers) also contributed to the Continental victory.