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Septr. 7. Ebenezer (Squire) Disbrow, Senr. of Compo: "In the affair at Compo, Arnold kept on the [west? [X1]] flank of the British, and cannonaded the shipping from a small height or ridge. Colonel Lamb attacked them on the west side of Compo Hill. Arnold was also on the west side on a ridge [X2] or eminence where he planted the artillery and fired on the shipping. He was very busy moving from place to place en- -couraging his men. The British were drawn up near the barn on the top of the hill. Arnold was forming a column of attack on the west (?) flank of the British. - My father commanded the militia guard of about fifty men who fired on the British when they came up the head of Compo Lane on their way to Danbury.
[X1] / "West" flank is not a military expression. - The word flank, in a military sense, means the extreme right or the extreme left of an army - or any subdivision of an army. - J.E ./ [X2] On the ridge occupied by Arnold Major Tallmadge lay with his force for several days when Fort S was taken.