Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Gumiguru 1853, batachoni yaBuller yakarairwa zvakare kuti idzokere kumba, uye kunyangwe Sir George Cathcart akakumbira kuti arambe ari brigadier kuCape, akaomerera pakuiperekedza. Apo kwakasarudzwa kutumira hondo yekutsvaga kuMabvazuva muna 1854, Buller akagadzwa brigadier-general, uye akatora mutungamiri we 2nd Brigade yeChiedza cheChiedza, chinosanganisira 19th, 88th, uye 77th Regiments. Mufambiro wake paHondo yeAlma
yakashorwa zvikuru panguva iyoyo, asi yakatenderwa nevanyori vemauto vachitarira shure kuhondo.