Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da yaki ya barke da Spain a 1727
, Cotton na daga cikin sojojin da suka yi adawa da mamayar Gibraltar ta Spain. Rundunar ta koma Ingila a shekara mai zuwa. Ya kasance a can har zuwa 1742, tare da sunan canzawa tare da colonelcy: Kerr's Regiment of Foot (Lord Mark Kerr) a 1725, Middleton's Regiment of Foot (Brigadier-General John Middleton) a 1732 da kuma Pulteney's Regiment of Foot (Janar Harry Pulteney) a 1739.