The battle took place in September 9th (1777) it should be remembered because we lost troops from 15,000 to 6,000.lieutenant general sir William Howe was the commander of the British forces. General horatio gate’s was the commander of the northern army.Due to poor scooting, the Americans did not detect Howe’s Colum. The British won the battle 200 were killed,750 wounded,400 prisoners