Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan da aka sake shi ya koma Ingila, kuma ya zama babban jami'in na 47th Regiment a 1783, kuma Lieutenant-Colonel na 70th Foot a 1788. A shekara ta 1793, a lokacin yakin da aka yi da Faransa
, ya bi Sir Charles Grey a kan yaƙin neman zaɓe zuwa West Indies a matsayin kwamandan rundunar bindiga mai sauƙi, wanda aka kafa daga kamfanonin haske na ƙungiyoyi daban-daban a cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe, kuma ya yi fice sosai a duk lokacin ayyukan a can, kuma musamman a mamaye Morne Fortuné a Guadeloupe, wanda aka gode masa a cikin umarni na gaba ɗaya.