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eral Lincoln, 240 ; besieged and taken by Sir Henry Clinton, 244-250; described, 250, 251 ; evacuated, 282.

Charlottesville, Va., prisoners at, 195 ; Tarleton's raid to, 272, 273.

Chasseurs contracted for, 20 ; Anspach chasseurs resist the mutiny at Ochsenfurth, 48; Hessian chasseurs on Long Island, 59-64; land on New York Island, 71 ; skirmish at Manhattanville, 72 ; arrival of the second company under Captain Ewald, and skirmish, 75, 76 ; at Trenton, 87, 95, 96; second action at Trenton, 106; organization of the chasseurs, 107, 108 ; Hanau chasseurs with St. Leger, 138, 149, n. ; skirmish in Maryland, 197, 198; battle of Brandywine, 198-200; Ger- mantown, 201-203; Redbank, 204-206; picket duty near Philadel- phia, 210, 211 ; officers complimented by Sir William Howe, 211 ; skirmishes near Courtland's Plantation and East Chester, 223-225 ; chasseurs carried to Europe in the disabled Anna, 243, 244; siege of Charleston, 243,246-251 ; expeditions to Springfield, N. J., 257-259; action near Fort Independence, and gallant conduct of Sergeant Riibenkonig, 260-262 ; Guildford Court House, 269 ; gallant conduct near Portsmouth, Va., 270, 271 ; Gloucester, Va., 278 ; with Arnold at New London, 263 ; the Anspach chasseurs form part of the Hes- sian Jager Corps, 108, ;/., 298.

Chatterton Hill, action at, 76, 77.

Chester, Pa., General Wayne retreats to, 199. See Brandywine.

Choctaws in Florida assist the British, 253.

Choisy, Brigadier-General de, at Gloucester, Va., 278.

Clinton, Brigadier-General George, Governor of New York, in command at Fort Clinton, 155, n. ; letter to Washington concerning German deserters, 289, 290.

Clinton, General Sir Henry, on Long Island, 59 ; battle, 63 ; letter to General Burgoyne, 154 ; the answer intercepted by General James Clinton, 155; takes Forts Clinton and Montgomery, 155; evacua- tion of Philadelphia, and retreat across New Jersey, 212-214 ; com- mands expedition to Newport, 216; comes to relieve Newport, 220; Charleston, 243-250 ; Clinton escapes capture, 245, 246 ; returns to New York, 251 ; harsh policy, 256; expedition to Springfield, N. J., 259, 260; orders Lord Cornwallis to send three thousand men to New York, 274 ; orders countermanded, 276 ; believes that Wash- ington intends to attack New York or Staten Island, 262, 263, 276 ; sends reinforcements to Cornwallis, 263 ; returns to Europe, 282.

Clinton, Brigadier-General James, in command at Fort Montgomery, in- tercepts a letter from Burgoyne to Sir Henry Clinton, 155.

Clinton. See Fori Clinton.

Cochrane, Major, carries despatches to Yorktown, 279 ; is killed, 279.

Commons, debate in the House of, 27-30.

Congress, Washington proposes to Congress to burn New York, 74; Con- gress retires from Philadelphia to Baltimore,86; authorizes Washing- ton to raise an army, 115; breaks the Convention of Saratoga, 180, 181.