Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 1853, i whakahaua ano te ope a Buller kia hoki ki te kainga, ahakoa nga inoi a Sir George Cathcart kia noho tonu ia hei pirihimana i te Cape, i tohe ia ki te haere tahi. I te wa i whakatauhia ai te tuku i tetahi ope whakatere ki te Rawhiti i te tau 1854, i tohua a Buller hei rangatira-rahi, ka riro i a ia te whakahau o te 2nd Brigade o te Light Division, kei roto i te 19th, 88th, me te 77th Regiments. Ko tōna whanonga i te
I tino whakahehia te Pakanga o te Alma i taua wa, engari i whakaaetia e nga kaituhi hoia e titiro ana ki te pakanga.