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==Convention of Saratoga==
On 17 October 1777, British General [[John Burgoyne]] surrendered his army according to terms negotiated with American general [[Horatio Gates]] following the 7 October [[Battle of Bemis Heights]].  The terms were titled the ''Convention of Saratoga'', and specified that the troops would be sent back to [[Europe]] after giving a [[parole#Prisoners of war|parole]] that they would not fight again in the conflict.<ref name="Morrissey87">[[#Morrissey|Morrissey (2000)]], p. 87</ref> The British army was accorded the [[honours of war]], and Burgoyne had his sword returned to him by Gates.

[[Frederika Charlotte Riedesel|Baroness Frederika Riedesel]], wife of [[Friedrich Adolf Riedesel|General Riedesel]], just emerged from her shelter in the cellar of [[Marshall House (Schuylerville, New York)|the Marshall House]], attended the surrender ceremony which she vividly describes in her ''Journal'': "On the 17th of October the capitulation was consummated. The generals waited upon the American general-in-chief, Gates, and the troops laid down their arms, and surrendered themselves prisoners of war".