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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 encouraging 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.