[Howe, William]:

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CAMPAGNES MILITAIRES DU LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR WILLIAM HOWE, EN AMERIQUE.... French language edition of this account of Howe's campaigns in America. Howe, as commander-in-chief of the British forces during the American Revolution, led his troops to a number of impressive victories. Although he repelled the attack of Washington at Germantown, he made no attempt to drive the weakened American forces from their camp at Valley Forge, instead spending the winter of 1777-78 in comfort in Philadelphia. Howe was severely criticized for his actions. He was recalled by the British government in May of 1778, and Sir Henry Clinton was appointed his successor. After Parliament's investigation of his military conduct in 1779, Howe was acquitted of blame by a number of military men, including Lord Cornwallis and Lord Grey, who affirmed that he had done what he could, considering the insufficiency of his army. "This edition has an interesting preface of six pages not in the original, wherein the whole struggle is forcibly presented to the Dutch. Twenty times, exclaims the translator, have the English encouraged the idea and flattered themselves with it of putting a speedy termination to the war, yet after six years they are no farther advanced in the conquest or reconciliation than they were on the first day. This preface is dated, Amst. 25 Nov. 1780" - Sabin.

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