Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1880-1881 Na farko Boer War, ya yi yaƙi a cikin nasarar da Birtaniya ta yi a Laing's Nek da Ingogo ko Schuinshoogte, inda aka ji masa rauni sosai. Ya koma Masar don yaƙin Masar na 1882
; ya kasance a Mahsama, Kassassin da Tel-el-Kebir kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Masar; wannan yaƙin ya ga wasu sabbin abubuwa na fasaha masu mahimmanci, gami da gina layin dogo na soja da layin waya.