David Hendrik Chasse, baron, a general of the Netherlands, born at Thiel in Gelderland, March 18, 1765, died in Breda, May 2, 1849. He entered the army at an early age, and hav-ing at first joined the party of the patriots, lied to France on their defeat, and engaged in the French service. In 1703 he had attained the rank of lieutenant colonel, and went with Pichegru to Holland, where he was engaged against the English. Subsequently he served in the French army in the peninsula, and acquired a reputation for desperate bravery. King Louis conferred a title on him for his conduct at Ocaila, and he was afterward made lieutenant general for services in the passes of the Pyrenees. After the peace he went into the Dutch service, and distinguished himself in the battle of Waterloo. When the Belgians declared for separation, Baron Chasse was sent to Antwerp, and on the entrance of the revolutionary bands into the city he retired into the citadel (Oct. 27, 1830), consenting to an armistice. This was broken by the Belgians, whereupon Chasse bombarded that part of the town where the insurgents lay.

In December, 1832, he defended Antwerp against the French, and on the capitulation of the fortress he was retained as a hostage, and removed to Dunkirk, but permitted to return to Holland after the signing of the preliminary treaty, May 12, 1833. Made a general of infantry in reward for his services at Antwerp, he spent most of his remaining years on his estate in Gelderland.