<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Saratoga" id="mwOA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Battle of Saratoga">First Battle of Saratoga</a>.