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William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814), was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the Colonies during the American War of Independence. Howe was one of three brothers who had distinguished military careers.
At the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777 a colonial American army led by General George Washington fought a British-Hessian army commanded by General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe. Washington drew up his troops in a defensive position behind Brandywine Creek.
Officer Start of command End of command Notes Ref Lieutenant-General Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB : assumed command September 1775 departed May 1778 Howe oversaw the rest of the Siege of Boston, before embarking on a campaign in 1776 that resulted in the capture of New York City and parts of New Jersey.
The Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777 pitted a 9,000-man British army under General William Howe against an 11,000-strong American army commanded by General George Washington. After an initial advance, the American reserve allowed itself to be diverted by 120 British troops holding out in the Benjamin Chew House.
The city was sometimes called "Torytown". In August, 1776, the British commander, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, landed a huge force of British and Hessian troops on Long Island, and won a major victory that drove Washington's army from the island and the city of New York. Many Long Island Loyalists, wearing pieces of red cloth on their hats ...
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe used the Gilpin house as his headquarters from late afternoon of September 11, until the morning of September 16, 1777, after the Battle of Brandywine. [2] The 1754 section was added to an earlier house, probably built in the 1730s. This was eventually torn down to allow for the nineteenth century additions.
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe; L. John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne; M. Frederick Dobson Middleton; P. Thomas Moore Philson; R. Henry Ricketts; William Rowan ...
William Howe may refer to: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729–1814), British general during American Revolutionary War; William Howe (architect) (1803–1852), patented Howe truss for covered bridges; William Howe (mayor) (1864–1952), newspaperman in Victoria, Australia; William B. W. Howe (1824–1894), Bishop of South Carolina