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I was named brigade-major to this expedition.

We embarked at k.ronstadt оп the 1 lth of Sep-

tember 185 and after encountering опе or two

equinoxial gales, with much damage to some of our

transports, we arrived in the end of the month at Stra-

alsund.

I accompanied count Tolstoy to а place called Re-

Како Аеаг Chri$tianstadt, where the king of Swe-

den thep was. The enterview with him about busi-

ness relative to the war proved to us, what has

been since generally known, that His Majesty was

mad, or very near so; and оп returning to Straal-

sund we marched through Mecklenbourg into Напо-

ver. The French had evacuated that province some ti-

те before and proceeded to join Napoleon at Ulm,

having only а garrison in the fortress 0f Hamel,

which place we immediately blockaded.

The king 0f Sweden сате ир with his Swedes, and

а British corps d'arm6e under lord Cathcart also arri-

ved by sea to join us. We then made preparations

to enter Holland, when news arrived of the battle 0f

Austerlitz and the infortunate termination 0f the соа-

lition by а separate treaty of реасе signed by Austria.

We accordingly received orders to march home,

and got leave to visit ту father and sister in Еп-

gland, where I remained the whole of the succeeding

summer In September I went back to Peters-

bourgh through Sweden and resumed ту service in

the guards, but war being again decided ироп with

France in support of Prussia, I was again put, toge-

ther with ту former commander count Tolstoy, оп

the staf of feld-marshal count kamensky; and in 0cto-