Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1824 an umurci Cheape zuwa Burma, kuma ya yi aiki ta hanyar yakin basasa na farko na Anglo-Burmese. Bayan haka, ya yi aikin injiniya fiye da shekaru ashirin. Duk da haka, ya ci gaba da cigaba, kuma ya zama babban jami'in a 1830, Lieutenant-colonel a 1834, kuma colonel a 1844. A cikin 1848 Cheape ya kasance yana aiki a Punjab lokacin da ake shirin kewaye Multan. An nada shi babban injiniya, kuma ya gudanar da ayyukan da suka haifar da faduwar sansanin soja. Daga nan sai ya shiga soja a karkashin Hugh Gough. Ya jagoranci harbin bindiga a yakin Gujrat, lokacin yanke hukunci a yakin Anglo-Sikh na biyu
Ka yi haƙuri. Gough ya ambaci ayyukansa a cikin sakonsa, kuma Cheape ya zama CB a cikin 1838 Coronation Honours da kuma "aide-de-camp" ga sarauniya.