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captain of engineers to Trenton, 89; his opinion of the surprise at Trenton, 97, 98; receives Colonel Reed, 112; sent to take Fort Mercer at Redbank, fails, is wounded and taken, 204-207 ; his last words and death, 206, 207. ?>e.e Chasseurs ; Grenadiers.

Donop, Lieutenant Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm von, wounded at Flatbush, 60.

Donop. See Regiment.

Dumfries, Va., Hessian prisoners at, 103.

Dunk's Ferry, Colonel Cadwalader fails to cross the Delaware, 92. See Trenton.

Du Plessis. See Mauduit.

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East Chester, N. Y., Sir William Howe lands at, 75 ; skirmish near, 223- 225.

Edward. See Fort Edward.

Effingham, Earl of, speaks in the House of Lords, 34.

Elizabethtown. See Springfield.

Elk River, Md., the British land in the, 197.

Emmerich, Lieutenant-Colonel Andreas, skirmishes near East Chester, 223,225; at Hackensack, 256 ; expedition to the Phillips House, 260, 262.

Estaing, Count d', threatens Newport, 218, 219 ; is repulsed from Savan- nah, 242.

Eutaw Springs, General Greene defeated at, 270.

Ewald, Captain Johann, joins the army with the second company of chas- seurs, and skirmish, 75, 76 ; Ewald's opinion concerning Trenton, 98, n.; surprise of Boundbrook, 108-110; skirmish near Raritan Land- ing, 110-112 ; skirmish near Boundbrook, Ewald's hat rescued, 112 ; statements concerning Joseph Reed and Alexander Hamilton, 112, 113; Brandywine, Ewald decorated, 199 ; skirmish near Dilworth, 200 ; Ewald warned before the battle of Germantown, 201 ; complimented by Sir William Howe, 211 ; skirmish near East Chester, 224; stories of American enterprises, 225 ; Ewald praises American officers, 226, 227; siege of Charleston, 243; trick at John's Island, 246; Ewald wounded near Portsmouth, Va., his quarrel with Benedict Arnold, 270, 271; skirmish near Williamsburg, Va., 274; crosses James River before the battle of Green Spring, 274; at Gloucester, 278; conversation with the Count de Deux Pouts concerning the treat- ment of the German auxiliaries by the English, 285.

Faucitt, Colonel William, British commissary for obtaining troops in Germany, 14, 39 ; letter from Feronce to him, 181, n.

Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick, patron of Riedesel, 118; who writes to him, 120.