At dark, the Americans retired to their camp, and the British, who had found great difficulty in maintaining their ground, lay all night on their arms near the field of battle.
[Footnote 85: Letter of Burgoyne.] [Footnote 86: The accounts of the day stated that the Americans were commanded by General Arnold, but General Wilkinson says that no general officer was in the field.] In this action the killed and wounded on the part of the Americans were between three and four hundred.

Among the former were Colonels Coburn and Adams, and several other valuable officers.

The British loss has been estimated at rather more than five hundred men.
Each army claimed the victory; and each believed itself to have beaten near the whole of the hostile army with only a part of its own force.
The advantage, however, taking all circumstances into consideration, was decidedly with the Americans.

In a conflict which nearly consumed the day, they found themselves at least equal to their antagonists.

In every quarter they had acted on the offensive; and, after an encounter for several hours, had not lost an inch of ground.