Carysfort, British frigate, 10 Chastellux, Marquis de, 76 Chatterton, Michael, 55 Chatterton Hill, 26; part of Amer-ican position at Whtie Plains, 41-2; repulse of first British at-tack on, 43; position of Spencer's troops on, 44, 46; Washington's anxiety for security of, and com-position of troops defending, 45-6; the second British attack on, 48 ff.; Americans withdraw from the hill, 53-4 Clinton, Gen. George, 13, 59 Clinton, Sir Henry, in command of British right at White Plains, 42 Compo Hill, Conn., 100; final stand of British at, in their retreat from Danbury, 117-20 Continental Congress, 5, 13 Cornstalks in construction of field works, 35, 58 Corsa, Andrew, guide, 68, 73, 75, 76 Courtland Manor, 3

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Damas, Count Charles de, 95 Danbury, Conn., expedition of British in April, 1777, to destroy American stores at, 98 ff.; Brit-ish enter the town, 102-4; de-struction of stores at, 105-6; British retreat from, 106 ff.; quantity of stores destroyed at, 121 De Heister, Hessian General, 20, 30, 63; in command of British left at White Plains, 42; first en-counter of his troops with Ameri-cans, 43-4 DeLancey, Col. James (Tory), 81, 88; attempt to capture, 82 Delancey House, Mamaroneck, 21 Delavan, Timothy, sends his nine sons against the British at Ridge-field, Conn., 123 Deming, Col., in pursuit of British on their retreat from Danbury, 116 Disbrou, Capt., 100 Dobbs Ferry, 8, 9; American stores at, 29 Donop, Col. Count, 42, 48, 49; mortally wounded at Red Bank, 55 Dragoons, Royal, formidable to American troops, 31-2 Dumas, Count Methieu, 73, 94 Dutchess County, royalist inhab-itants of, 3 Dyckman, Abraham, guide, 68, 69, 70, 74, 80, 84-7, 96; death of, 81 Dyckman, Michael, guide, 68, 69, 70, 74, 88 Dyckman, Wm. N., guide, 68, 81, 82 Dyckmansbridge, 1