 Complete the following phrase:  Brereton was born in 1789, and entered the Royal Military Academy as a Gentleman Cadet in 1803, passing out on 10 May 1805 as a second lieutet in the Royal Artillery, and gaining promotion to first lieutet on 7 June 1806. He served in the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns from December 1809 to June 1815, including the defence of Cádiz, where he commanded the guns at Fort Matagorda, the battle of Barrosa, where he was wounded, the Burgos retreat, the battles of Vitoria and the Pyrenees, the siege of San Sebastián, where he was temporarily attached to the breaching batteries, the battles of 