As luck would have it, 1803 was the year the Napoleonic Wars broke out, and MacGregor was hurriedly posted to the island of Guernsey to defend against French invasion.

不幸的是，1803年刚好爆发了“拿破仑战争”，麦格雷格尔被匆忙派往根西岛防御法国的入侵。

The islands of Guernsey and Jersey, without any means of resisting the authority of parliament, are more lightly taxed than any part of Great Britain.

根西岛和泽西岛没有任何办法抵抗议会的权威，它们的税收比英国任何地方都轻。