 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ukama hwake naHowe hwakanga hwatotanga kuputsika pakatanga kugadzirwa zvirongwa zvekuenda kumakoroni ekumaodzanyemba, kwaizotungamirirwa naClinton. Akakumbira Howe kuti ave nevakuru vakuru chaivo kuti vamuperekedze uye simba iro mutungamiriri akazvimiririra aigona kunge aine, asi Howe akamuramba pane zvese zvikumbiro zvakadaro. Muna January 1776, Clinton akaenda nechokumaodzanyemba aine ngarava duku nevarume 1 500 kuti aongorore mikana yehondo muCarolinas. Mukati mokusavapo kwake kutya kwake pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu muBoston kwakazadzikwa apo Dorchester Heights yakatorwa ndokusimbiswa navapandukimukuvamba kwaMarch, zvichiita kuti vaBritain vabve muBoston ndokudzokera kuHalifax, Nova Scotia. 