Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin aikinsa na baya, an yaba wa Cole saboda hidimarsa a kan ayyukan Surinam, kuma an yaba shi a 1808 saboda rawar da ya taka a cikin aikin diflomasiyya mai nasara ga Fath Ali Shah, mai mulkin Farisa, kodayake sakamakon aikin zai haifar da lalacewar dangantakarsa da Pellew, a wannan lokacin kwamandan Burtaniya a Tekun Indiya. A cikin 1810, an aika Cole zuwa Dutch East Indies yayin yaƙin neman zaɓe don kwace tsibirin Spice kuma ya kai hari kan tsibirin Banda Neira mai ƙarfi. Duk da mummunan farawar aikin, Cole da kansa ya jagoranci ƙaramin ƙarfi na maza a cikin babban sansanin soja a tsibirin kuma ya kama shi, yana mai da hankali ga mika wuya gaba ɗaya. Wannan ya biyo baya a 1811 tare da
mamayewar Java, wanda Cole ya shirya kuma ya yi nasara. An yaba da shi sosai kuma an ba shi lada mai kyau don hidimarsa, Cole ya shiga siyasa a ƙarshen yakin kuma sau biyu ya zama memba na majalisar kafin mutuwarsa a 1836.