Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Burnham dhaawaciisu aad buu u xumaa sidaas darteed waxaa lagu amray in uu England aado Lord Roberts. Laba maalmood ka hor inta uusan u dhoofin London, waxaa loo dallacsiiyay darajada major, isagoo helay waraaqo ammaan ah ama hambalyo ka yimid Baden-Powell, Rhodes, iyo Field Marshal Roberts. Markii uu soo gaaray England, Burnham waxaa lagu amray inuu la cuno Boqoradda Victoria oo uu habeenkii ku qaato Osborne House. Dhowr bilood ka dib, dhimashadii Boqoradda ka dib, Boqor Edward VII wuxuu si shakhsi ah u guddoonsiiyay Burnham Hantida Boqoradda ee Koonfur Afrika oo leh afar baarar oo loogu talagalay dagaalladii ka dhacay Driefontein (Maarso 10, 1900), Johannesburg (May 31, 1900), Paardeberg
(Febraayo 17<unk>26, 1900), iyo Cape Colony (Oktoobar 11, 1899 <unk> May 31, 1902), marka lagu daro iskutallaabta Abaalmarinta Adeegga Gaarka ah, oo ah abaalmarinta labaad ee ugu sarreysa Ciidanka Ingiriiska, geesinimadiisa intii lagu jiray socodkii "guusha" ee Pretoria (Juun 2<unk>5, 1900). Boqorka ayaa sidoo kale magacaabistiisa iyo darajada ciidanka Ingiriiska ka dhigay mid joogto ah, in kasta oo uu haysto dhalashada Mareykanka. Burnham wuxuu helay abaalmarinta ugu sareysa ee qof kasta oo Mareykan ah oo ka soo shaqeeyay Dagaalkii Labaad ee Boer. Ka dib markii la caleemo saaray, saxaafada ingiriiska waxay ku amaaneen sida: "Boqorka Scouts ee ciidanka".