IttranspiredthatthelucklessdesertersfromtheYorkHussarshadcuttheboatfromhermooringsintheadjacentharbour，accordingtotheirplan，and，withtwoothercomradeswhoweresmartingunderill-
treatmentfromtheircolonel，hadsailedinsafetyacrosstheChannel。ButmistakingtheirbearingstheysteeredintoJersey，thinkingthatislandtheFrenchcoast。Heretheywereperceivedtobedeserters，anddelivereduptotheauthorities。MatthausandChristophintercededfortheothertwoatthecourt-martial，sayingthatitwasentirelybytheformer’srepresentationsthatthesewereinducedtogo。Theirsentencewasaccordinglycommutedtoflogging，thedeathpunishmentbeingreservedfortheirleaders。
Thevisitortothewell-knownoldGeorgianwatering-place，whomaycaretorambletotheneighbouringvillageunderthehills，andexaminetheregisterofburials，willtherefindtwoentriesinthesewords：-
’Matth：-TinaCorpl。inHisMajesty’sRegmt。ofYorkHussars，andShotforDesertion，wasBuriedJune30th，1801，aged22years。BorninthetownofSarrbruk，Germany。
’ChristophBless，belongingtoHisMajesty’sRegmt。ofYorkHussars，whowasShotforDesertion，wasBuriedJune30th，1801，aged22