A severe pulmonary affection compelled him to quit his corps in 1826. He retired to Corbridge, his native village, where he arrived on the 24th of October in that year, and continued there, respected and beloved, and constantly engaged in acts of benevolence, till the period of his death, 28th May, 1830. _November 23, 1832._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE. Birth and Parentage--Enters the Militia--Volunteers into the Line--Joins the army destined for Holland--The troops embark at Deal--Land at the Helder--Laxity of discipline--March for Schagen--Detachment under Sir Ralph Abercromby sent to surprise Hoorne--Hoorne surrenders, 1 CHAPTER II. The Russian Allies carry Bergen--Allow themselves to be surprised, and the whole army forced to retire to their former position--Skirmishing in the vicinity of Old Patten--The Russians endeavour to force their way back to Bergen--The Russian and British forces joined--The enemy forced to abandon Egmont-op-Zee--Alkmaar surrenders--The troops advance to Egmont Binnen--Skirmishing--General engagement--The Enemy repulsed--The Forces retire to Zaand Wyck--Armistice concluded--Return to England, 13 CHAPTER III. Arrive in England--The Pompadours embark for Ireland--Arrive at Kinsale--Privations in Ireland in 1800--Peace concluded--Our Author resolves to return home, but ultimately volunteers into the Rifle Corps or 95th--Embarks for England, and joins his Regiment at Sussex--Is promoted, 35 CHAPTER IV. Made Pay-sergeant--Moral Reflections--Wreck of a Dutch East Indiaman--Reduced Officers--War with France in 1803--Encampment at Thorncliffe under the command of General Sir John Moore--Encampment broke up, November 1804--Embark for Germany, October 1805--Vicissitudes at Sea--Land at Cuxhaven--March to Bremen--Outposts established--Retrograde movements, in consequence of the defeat of the Allied Forces at Austerlitz--The Allied Forces evacuate Germany--Re-embarkation of the troops--The Rifle Corps, or 95th, land at Yarmouth, 45 CHAPTER IV.* Our Author made Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 2d battalion, which he joins at Feversham, Kent--Expedition to Denmark--Embark at Deal--Land at Vedbeck, Zealand--Partial Engagements--Siege of Copenhagen--A division under Sir Arthur Wellesley advance to Kioge--Copenhagen capitulates--Amnesty between the Danish forces in the Island of Zealand, and the British--The British evacuate Denmark--Embark at Copenhagen--Arrive in the Downs--Land at Deal, 59 CHAPTER V.