D’ESTAING, CHARLES HECTOR, _Count_—_Fr._ lieut.-general; _b._ 1729, _d._ 1794. reaches the Delaware with French fleet, 238 sails at once for New York, 239 unable to cross the bar, 240 arrives at Newport, R.I., 240 consults Sullivan as to attack, 242 not affronted by Sullivan’s landing first, 243 is confronted by British fleet, 243 both fleets dispersed, 243 returns to Newport, 243 sails for Boston to refit; notices Sullivan’s protest, 243 his manly course vindicated, 244 sails for the West Indies, 245 off the coast of Georgia, 261 his siege of Savannah, urged by Lafayette, 267 twice wounded, 268 DE FLEURY, LOUIS—_Fr._ lieuten’t, _sub._ col. at defence of Fort Mercer, 202 planned Fort Mifflin, 202 wounded in its defence, 203 DE GRASSE, FRANÇOIS JOSEPH PAUL—_Fr._; b. 1723, d. 1788. arrives in the Chesapeake, 342 limited in period of operations, 342 urges assault upon Yorktown, 342 yields to Lafayette’s judgment, 343 is visited by Washington, 354 has naval fight with Admiral Graves (see map), 355 suggests a plan of action, 356 opposed by Lafayette, 356 sails for the West Indies, 361 his trophies at Yorktown (Appendix F), 388 DE HEISTER—_H._ lieut.-gen.; lands at Gravesend, Aug. 25, 1776, 106 captures Sullivan and Stirling, and parts of their commands, 108 advances to support Howe, 126 DE KALB, JOHN, _Baron_—maj.-gen.; _b._ 1732, _d._ 1780. comes to America with Lafayette. Note to Chap. XVIII, 191 reports as to the army, 205 appointed inspector-general, 207 commands Maryland and Delaware troops, 277 Southern campaign, 291 _k._ in Battle of Camden, 292 Delaware troops always efficient, 277 gallantry at Camden, 292 Denmark and Sweden hostile to England, 296 DESTOUCHES, _Chevalier_—succeeds De Ternay, deceased, 298 supports Washington, 323 indorsed by Washington, 326 DE TERNAY, _Chevalier_—convoys Rochambeau’s army from France, 286 blockaded by British at Newport, 298 dies at Newport, 298 is succeeded by Destouches, 298 DICKENSON, JOHN—in first Continental Congress, 17 DINWIDDIE, ROBERT—gov. of Virginia; _b._ 1690, _d._ 1770; sent Washington as commissioner to French frontier, 6 DONOP—_H._ col.; in the storming of Chatterton Hill, 129 abandons Bordentown, 146 _k._ in storming Fort Mercer, 201 is buried by the Americans, 202 Dorchester Heights occupied by the Americans, 76–80 DRAYTON, WILLIAM H.—_b._ 1742, _d._ 1779; chief justice, South Carolina, 1776, 86 DUMAS, MATHIEU, _Count_ DE—_Fr._ col.; _sub._ marshal-de-camp and historian; _b._ 1753, _d._ 1837; gallantry at Yorktown, 357 _Note._—He was wounded in storming redoubt. DUNDAS, FRANCIS—_Br._ lieut.-col.; _b._ 1750, _d._ 1824; goes to Virginia with Arnold, 310