James DeLancey at, 82 White Plains, 14, 19; concentration of American forces at, 26 ff.; buildings burned in, by Major Austin, 60 White Plains, battle of: operations and skirmishes preceding, 1 ff.; positions of the American and British armies in northern part of Manhattan Island in Septem-ber, 1776, 1-2; plan of General Howe to get in rear of the Amer-icans by invading Westchester and getting control of the Hudson River, 2-3; British ships force their way up the Hudson as far as Dobbs Ferry, 6-9; British expedition to Throg's Point, 9-12; decision to withdraw the Amer-ican army from New York island, 12-13; action at Pelham Heights, 16-19; movements of the British, 19, 20, 25, 30-4; retirement of the American army northward, 19 ff.; its concentration at White Plains, 26 ff.; position of the American forces at White Plains in October, 1776, and nature of the ground occupied, 40-2; dis-positions of the British forces and their advance against the American position, 42-3; first contact of De Heister on British left with Gen. Spencer's advanced force, ending in British repulse at Chatterton Hill, 43; Rahl with Hessians occupies elevated ground south of Chatterton Hill, 44; composition of the American forces for the defense of Chatter-ton Hill, under Gen. McDougall, 45-6; British reconnaissance on American left, 47; the attack on Chatterton Hill, 48 ff.; attempt to turn American left flank foiled, 51; Rahl's Hessians advance and American flank is turned by British cavalry, 51-2; retirement of Americans from Chatterton Hill, 53-4; dispositions of British forces after the battle, 54; the losses on both sides, 54-5; strengthening of the American position, 55, 56; weather defers further British assault, 55-6; the Americans retire to a stronger position, 56; ineffective advance of British toward the Americans'