Atlas of Battles

commander, 20 engagements

Battles of William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe

Battles of William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe

British General in the American War of Independence (1729-1814)

William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe is recorded as a commander at 20 placed engagements in the atlas between 1759 and 1777: 15 battles, 2 sieges and 3 campaigns across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (19), Canada (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,852 km apart end to end, 97 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (19), Seven Years' War (1).

Boston campaignFortification of Dorchester HeightsNew York and New Jersey CampaignBattle of Harlem HeightsBattle of Pell's PointBattle of White PlainsBattle of Fort WashingtonPhiladelphia campaignBattle of White MarshBattle of Punk HillBattle of Short HillsBattle of Cooch's BridgeBattle of the CloudsSiege of Fort MifflinBattle of GermantownBattle of the Plains of AbrahamSiege of BostonBattle of Bunker HillBattle of Long IslandBattle of BrandywineSiege of BostonBattle of Bunker HillBattle of Long IslandBattle of BrandywineBridgeportSyracuseProvidenceHartfordAlbanyHarrisburgTrentonIthacaConcordNew Haven200 km41.436N, 73.325W
20 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1759: 1 engagements1775: 3 engagements1776: 7 engagements1777: 9 engagements9 in 177717591777
20 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Plains of Abraham, 1759Siege of Boston, 1775Boston campaign, 1775Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775Fortification of Dorchester Heights, 1776New York and New Jersey Campaign, 1776Battle of Long Island, 1776Battle of Harlem Heights, 1776Battle of Pell's Point, 1776Battle of White Plains, 1776Battle of Fort Washington, 1776Philadelphia campaign, 1777Battle of White Marsh, 1777Battle of Punk Hill, 1777Battle of Short Hills, 1777Battle of Cooch's Bridge, 1777Battle of Brandywine, 1777Battle of the Clouds, 1777Siege of Fort Mifflin, 1777Battle of Germantown, 177717591777
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 September 1759Battle of the Plains of AbrahamQuebec City, CanadaBritish victory
19 April 1775Siege of BostonBoston, Massachusetts, United States494 km SAmerican victory
1775Boston campaignMassachusetts, United States61 km WAmerican victory
17 June 1775Battle of Bunker HillCharlestown, Massachusetts, United States61 km EBritish victory
1776Fortification of Dorchester HeightsDorchester Heights, Massachusetts, United States5 km SBritish forces evacuate Boston on March 17
1776New York and New Jersey CampaignNew York, United States332 km WNew York: British victory; British control of New York City...
27 August 1776Battle of Long IslandBrooklyn, New York, United States273 km SBritish victory
16 September 1776Battle of Harlem HeightsNew York City, New York, United States16 km NAmerican victory
18 October 1776Battle of Pell's PointThe Bronx, New York, United States14 km NEBritish victory
28 October 1776Battle of White PlainsWhite Plains, New York, United States18 km NBritish victory
16 November 1776Battle of Fort WashingtonNew York City, New York, United States24 km SWBritish victory
1777Philadelphia campaignNew Jersey, United States106 km SWInconclusive
1777Battle of White MarshWhitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, United States64 km WInconclusive
8 March 1777Battle of Punk HillBonhamtown, New Jersey, United States87 km NEMinor American victory
26 June 1777Battle of Short HillsScotch Plains, New Jersey, United States25 km NBritish victory
3 September 1777Battle of Cooch's BridgeNewark, Delaware, United States171 km SWBritish victory
11 September 1777Battle of BrandywineChadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, United States28 km NEBritish victory
16 September 1777Battle of the CloudsEast Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, United States19 km NBritish victory
26 September 1777Siege of Fort MifflinFort Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States36 km SEBritish victory
4 October 1777Battle of GermantownGermantown, Pennsylvania, United States17 km NBritish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Richard Purcell aka Charles Corbutt (ca 1736-ca 1766), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.