acted during the whole day as aide-de-camp either to Sir Ralph or Moore, and nothing could surpass his activity and gallantry.  He had a horse shot under him, and had all this been in his line, he must have been particularly noticed, as he has become the astonishment of all who saw him.  We remained that night and the following on the sand hills; you cannot conceive our wretched state, as it blew and rained nearly the whole time.  Our men bore all this without grumbling, although they had nothing to eat but the biscuits they carried with them, which by this time were completely wet.  We at length got into Egmont, and on the following day (5th) into Alkmaar, where we enjoyed ourselves amazingly.  Alkmaar is a most delightful city; but the inhabitants are rank patriots, and none of the higher class remained to welcome our arrival.  The following day another engagement ensued,[12] in consequence of the Russians advancing further than they were ordered to do:  during this severe contest we were snugly in church.  It is extraordinary that both parties were so beaten as to find a retreat necessary, as while we retreated to our old position, the enemy was also in full retreat.  I shall say no more of the expedition to Holland, as what remains to be added, you will see fully detailed in the papers.  I go to Norwich, where the regiment is quartered, this evening.  Another expedition is talked of, under Lord Moira.  Adieu.”

In the battle of Egmont-op-Zee, seven pieces of cannon, a great number of tumbrils, and a few hundred prisoners, were taken, and the loss of the enemy was estimated as exceeding 4,000 men.  Major-General Moore, in whose brigade was the 49th, although severely wounded through the thigh, continued in action for nearly two hours, until a second wound in the face obliged him to quit the field.  In his dispatch relative to this battle, the Duke of York observed, that “under Divine Providence this signal victory obtained over the enemy, is to be attributed to the animating and persevering exertions which have at all times been the characteristics of the British soldier, and which on no occasion were ever more eminently displayed.”  The following extract from this dispatch, dated Alkmaar, 6th of October, will shew the part borne in the engagement by Sir Ralph Abercromby’s division, in which was Major-General Moore’s brigade.

“This was the last event which took place on the side of Bergen; and, as the close of the day was fast approaching, Colonel Macdonald with two battalions was sent to the support of General Sir Ralph Abercromby.  The heights of the sand hills, surrounding Bergen for about three miles, remained crowned and possessed by about eleven British battalions.  General Sir Ralph Abercromby had marched, according to the disposition, along the beach, with Major-General D’Oyley’s, Major-General Moore’s, and Major General Lord Cavan’s brigades, the cavalry and horse artillery, (the reserve under Colonel Macdonald not having been able, owing