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10. Juni 2024 · In July, just as the United States was declaring its independence, British General William Howe arrived in New York Harbor with an army of 32,000 men, including British regulars as well as German auxiliary troops, commonly known as Hessians. On 22 August, Howe landed on Long Island and assaulted the American defenses atop Brooklyn Heights five ...
Vor 3 Tagen · The Battle of Brandywine. September 11, 1777 at Brandywine, Pennsylvania. In July, Lt. Gen. William Howe's army took 264 British transports south toward Philadelphia from their encampment in New Jersey.
Vor 4 Tagen · On August 27, 1776, British troops under General William Howe defeated the Americans at the Battle of Long Island, fought in present-day Brooklyn. The Americans were pinned down at Brooklyn...
Vor 5 Tagen · In the previous year he had succeeded his brother as Viscount Howe. In 1762 he entered parliament as member for Dartmouth, and continued to represent that constituency until he became a British peer. In 1763–5 he was a lord of the admiralty and in 1765–70 treasurer of the navy. In 1770 he was made rear-admiral, in 1775 vice ...
Vor 6 Tagen · In 1776, Howe launched his first major military assaults in the south. Loyalists showed out but not many... they were outnumbered and poorly armed. They were defeated by the rebel militia in the Battle of Moores Creek.
7. Juni 2024 · Sir William, the commissioner of George the Third, has at last vouchsafed to give it rank and pedigree. He has placed the fugitive at the council board, and dubbed it companion of the order of knighthood.
Vor 2 Tagen · It remained in the Crown till King William II. gave it to William de Albini his butler, ancestor of the Earls of Arundel. A family took their name from this town, (being lords of it,) according to the custom of former ages, and was enfeoffed thereof by William de Albini.
