Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin mamayewar Birtaniya ta Masar a 1882
, Shugaban gwamnatin kishin kasa, Ahmed ʻUrabi, ya ba Fehmy alhakin karfafa sojoji. A cikin wannan rawar, Fehmy ya kula da gina sansanin soja na Masar a Kafr El Dawwar, da waɗanda Birtaniyya ta mamaye a Yaƙin Tell El Kebir. Koyaya, Fehmy bai sami damar kammala ayyukan a Tell El Kebir ba, saboda Birtaniyya ta kama shi a ƙarshen watan Agusta 1882, yayin da yake yawo tare da wani ɗan'uwansa. Kama shi babban rashi ne ga sojojin Masar, saboda ana ɗaukar Fehmy a matsayin jami'i mai basira da ƙwararren injiniya.