The War Between the United States and Britain

Both sides were well dug in and both firmly under the command of their new respective leaders, general washington for the americans. And so when william howe took over for gage, his aim was to win the war. But as we will see, there will be more than a few missed opportunities along the way,. Some have attributed it to howe's preference for comfortable inaction, some to his unwillingness to waste troops - especially after what he saw at bunker hill.