Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Waxaa dhashay 17kii Maarso 1787 waxaana dhalay Charles iyo Ann Fergusson, Fergusson waxaa loo magacaabay inuu noqdo Ensign 1801, oo ka tirsan 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, ka hor inta aan loo wareejin 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot, oo loo tababaray sida gaadiid fudud oo hoos yimaada Sir John Moore ee Shorncliffe. Waxaa loo dalacsiiyay taliye 1804, iyo kabtan 1806, wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay qeybta fudud inta lagu gudajiray Dagaalkii Jasiiradda. Fergusson waxa uu kasoo qayb galay dagaaladii ka dhacay
Roliça, Vimeiro, (halkaas oo uu ku dhaawacmay), iyo Corunna, halkaas oo gudihiisa uu ka mid ahaa kaydka. Fergusson wuxuu raacay 43aad ee 1809 Safarkii Walcheren ka hor inta uusan ku soo laaban Jasiiradda, isagoo khibrad u leh River Côa, Bussaco, Sabugal, Fuentes de Onoro, iyo sidoo kale Ciudad Rodrigo iyo Badajoz, halkaas oo uu ka mid ahaa kooxaha weerarka ee 43aad, isagoo labada jeer dhaawacmay. Waxa uu helay billad dahab ah oo loogu talagalay ficilkiisa Badajoz. Kadib ficil wanaagsan oo uu ka sameeyay Salamanca 1812 waxaa loo dalacsiiyay Major isagoo aan iibsan, isagoo ka qaatay booska 79aad ee Cagta. Waxaa lagu bedelay 85th Foot, oo ka qayb qaatay dagaalkii Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive iyo Bayonne.