Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pemwedzi mishomanana ari muIndia, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant ndokudzokera kuEngland, uye muna 1882 akaenda kunoshanda kuEgypt, achirwa muhondo dzeKassassin neTel el-Kebir. Munguva iyi, akagamuchira mazita akawanda nokuda kwoushingi muhondo, achisimudzirwa kuva kaputeni muna 1886. Muna 1885 akaendeswa kuDhipatimendi reZvinhu Zvokuchengetera Zvombo. Muna 1889 akaoneka (asingazivikanwi) basa rake rokutanga, "The Campaign of Fredericksburg". Mugore rimwe chetero akava Murayiridzi muTactics, Mutemo weMasoja uye Kutungamira paSandhurst. Kubva pachigaro ichi akaenderera mberi saPurofesa weMilitary Art uye Nhoroondo kuStaff College (1892<unk>1899), uye ikoko akaita simba rakakura kuchizvarwa chevechidiki chevakuru. Kudzidza kwake paHondo yeSpicheren
yakanga yatangwa makore akati apfuura. Ipapo muna 1898 kwakaoneka, somugumisiro wemakore masere ebasa, basa rake guru: Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War.