[2] He served in Ireland under William III and was granted estates in County Kildare.

He took part in William III's campaigns in the Low Countries, during the Nine Years' War and became lieutenant colonel on 6 July 1695[1] and fought at the Siege of Namur.

[2] Sabine served with the 23rd or Royal Welch Fusiliers in the War of Spanish Succession.

Under Marlborough he was wounded on 2 July 1704 at the Battle of Schellenberg and on 1 April following became colonel of his regiment.

On 1 January 1710 he was appointed major-general,[2] and was given command of the Citadel at Ghent, where he had to put down a mutiny in 1712.

In July, the John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, complained of 'the conduct of General Sabine and other King's officers, in regard to rebel prisoners and ... of the plundering and other impositions made by the troops' in Perthshire.

[1] At the 1727 British general election, Sabine was returned on the Government interest as Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed.