General William Howe the 5th Viscount Howe was a British army office. He was born on August 10, 1729 in London, United Kingdom, and the youngest son out of the all the children. He died on July 12, 1814. He went Eton College for his education. He also had six siblings, and also married but was a husband but not a father. Frances Connley was his spouse/wife. He was 17 when he entered the army by buying a cornets commission in Cumberland’s Dragoons in 1746. He then served for only two years in Flanders in the war of the Austrian Succession. Battles In 1775 General Howe was named the Interim Commander and in the British Army he was the chief in America who also served in the British Parliament…show more content… They proved to be disappointing failures that resulted in a British retreat from Boston in March 1776. Howe and the British Army redeemed themselves however, with a victory over Washington, and the Continental Army at the battle of Long Island in August. Just one month later, Howe led a British invasion to New York City. While successful in the fall of 1776, many believed General Howe missed an opportunity to crush General Washington and the Continental Army. Howe again defeated Washington and the Continental Army at the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777,but decided to then launch an attack against Philadelphia instead of coming to the aid of British General John Burgoyne at the battle of Saratoga as planned. Without the support of Howe and his men, the British Army at Saratoga was overwhelmed and forced to surrender to American General Horatio Gates on October 17,1777. The American victory at the battle of Saratoga was one of the turning points of the Revolutionary War and General Howe’s decision did not support, it proved a major failure in
