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and were promptly taken prisoner. They were brought before a French general who realised they were mere boys and
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Warre was promoted to colonel in 1830. Two years later, he was transferred from
Portsmouth to Cork as permanent assistant quartermaster-general, and in 1835 returned to Dublin. He served as commandant of the garrison at
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at the Cape of Good Hope from 1813–21. In 1823, he was appointed a permanent assistant quartermasters-general, and served in Dublin until 1826, when he was transferred to
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