Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan 'yan watanni na hidima a Indiya, an ba shi mukamin Laftanar kuma ya koma Ingila, kuma a 1882 ya tafi aiki a Masar, ya yi yaƙi a yaƙe-yaƙe na Kassassin da Tel el-Kebir. A wannan lokacin, ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa don jaruntaka a cikin yaƙi, an inganta shi zuwa kyaftin a 1886. A cikin 1885 an tura shi zuwa Sashen Adana Makamai. A cikin 1889 ya bayyana (ba a san shi ba) aikinsa na farko, "Yakin Fredericksburg". A wannan shekarar ya zama Malami a cikin Dabaru, Dokar Soja da Gudanarwa a Sandhurst. Daga wannan mukamin ya ci gaba a matsayin Farfesa na Fasahar Soja da Tarihi zuwa Kwalejin Ma'aikata (1892<unk>1899), kuma a can ya yi tasiri sosai a kan matasa na jami'ai. Nazarinsa a kan
An fara yakin Spicheren shekaru da yawa da suka gabata. Sannan a 1898 ya bayyana, sakamakon aikin shekaru takwas, babban aikinsa: Stonewall Jackson da Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka.