Having thus effectually suppressed the Rebellion, the Twenty-fifth, and most of the other regiments, returned to the Netherlands. Defeated at the battle of Roucoux, the allies were on the point of falling into confusion, when Houghton’s British brigade, composed of the Eighth, Thirteenth, and Twenty-fifth, arriving from Maestricht, immediately formed as the rear guard, their steady valour effectually withstanding every attempt of the enemy to break in upon our line of retreat. In the sanguinary battle of Val, our Borderers bore a more prominent part with equal credit. This disastrous war terminated in 1747, with the unsuccessful defence of Bergen-op-Zoom, which was ultimately taken by the French. The regiment encountered a variety of misadventures on its passage home. One transport, containing six and a-half companies, being shipwrecked on the French coast, yet all escaping to land, were kindly treated by their recent foes. The regiment, at length reaching England, was removed to and variously quartered throughout Ireland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER XV. “He’s brave as brave can be; He wad rather fa’ than flee; But his life is dear to me, Send him hame, send him hame. “Your love ne’er learnt to flee, But he fell in Germanie, Fighting brave for loyalty, Mournfu’ dame, mournfu’ dame.” GERMANY—MARINE SERVICE—WEST INDIES—EGYPT—WEST INDIES—GIBRALTAR—1755–1862.