This novel takes place in the early years of the American Revolution and is based on the adventures of one Sergeant Lamb, a Dublin man in the service of His Majesty's army. It begins with Lamb's early days in Dublin and ends with his arrival in Boston as a member of the regiment taken prisoner after Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga.

In this sequel to SERGEANT LAMB OF THE NINTH, Lamb, along with 3000 others of the Burgoyne's army, is in a prison camp near Boston, awaiting repatriation. But the American Congress refuses to ratify the agreement and Lamb plans an escape. He manages to make his way through General Washington's lines and rejoins Cornwallis in the Carolinas, fighting with him until Yorktown. Again he makes a remarkable escape to rejoin the British in New York, accompanied by eight Fusiliers. PROCEED SERGEANT LAMB is based on the correspondence of a remarkable man at arms who fought for "King and Country" in our war for independence.