king  (Louis  XV.).  The  count  fonght  his  antag-  ^
onist  with  such  desperation  that  when  he  was  '
compelled  to  strike  his  colors  only  two  men  be-
sides himself  were  left  standing  on  the  upper
deck.  By  this  defeat  and  capture  there  fell
into  the  hands  of  the  English  thirty-six  che8t«
of  money  and  -the  wliole  train  of  artillery  in-
tended for  an  attack  on  Jamaica.  The  French
lost  in  the  engagement,  in  killed  and  Wounded,
about  three  thouKand  men ;  the  British  lost
eleven  hundred.  For  mure  than  a  century  the
French  Iiad  not,  in  any  naval  engagement,  been
so  completely  heathen.  The  fleet  was  nearly  ru-
ined.    (See  Grasse,  Count  de.)

De  Haas,  John  Philip,  was  born  in  Holland
about  1735 ;  died  in  Philadelphia  about  1794.
He  was  descended  fr<un  an  ancient  family  iu
northern  France ;  came  to  America  in  17.50 ;
was  an  ensign  in  the  French  and  Indian  War;
participated  iu  a  sharp  conflict  with  Indians
near  Pittsburgh ;  and  was  colonel  of  the  First
Pennsylvania  regiment  in  1776.  He  served  in
the  American  army  in  Canada,  and  afterwards
at  Ticondeioga.  He  led  his  regiment  from  Lake
Champlain  to  New  York,  and  participated  iu
the  battle  on  Long  Island  in  August,  1776.  In
February,  1777,  he  was  i>romoted  to  brigadier-
general.  General  De  Haas  was  a  good  discipli-
narian, and  served  in  various  capacities  during
the  entire  war  with  credit  to  himself  and  ben-
efit to  his  adopted  conntrv.  The  latter  yeara
of  his  life  were  passed  iu  Philadelphia.
