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.
[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.