Excerpt from Patrick Henry, Vol. 3: Life, Correspondence and Speeches Among the members of Parliament were Generals Howe and Burgoyne, Lord Howe and Admiral Keppel, all four seeking vindication; the first three for failures in America, the fourth for permitting the French fleet to sail out of Brest and depart for the United States, without bringing on a decisive action. Sir William Howe, on April 22, 1779, made an elaborate defence of the conduct of his brother and himself,2 in which he contended that the failure to effect more in America came from the inadequacy of the troops furnished by the ministry, and the neglect of his appeals for reinforcements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.