Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1857, Van Straubenzee ya zama Kwamandan Sojojin Birtaniya a Hong Kong kuma ya jagoranci kai hari kan Canton
a lokacin yakin opium na biyu. A shekara ta 1862, an sanya shi babban jami'in da ke jagorantar wani Sashin Rundunar Bombay a Ahmedabad kuma daga baya ya dauki overall umurnin Bombay Army.