Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i etahi marama mahi i Inia, i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te rangatira ka hoki ki Ingarangi, a i te tau 1882 ka haere ia ki te mahi kaha ki Ihipa, ka whawhai ki nga pakanga o Kassassin me Tel el-Kebir. I tenei wa, he maha nga korero i whakawhiwhia ki a ia mo te maia i te pakanga, i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira i te tau 1886. I te tau 1885 i tukuna ia ki te Tari Toa Toa. I te tau 1889 i puta mai tana mahi tuatahi (kaore i mohiotia), "The Campaign of Fredericksburg". I taua tau ano ka noho ia hei Kaiwhakaako i nga Taakaro, Ture Hauora me te Whakahaere i Sandhurst. Mai i tenei pou ka haere ia hei Kaiwhakaako mo te Toi Hauora me te Hītori ki te Whare Wananga o te Kaimahi (1892<unk>1899), ana i whai mana nui ia ki te whakatupuranga hou o nga rangatira. Ko tana akoranga i runga i te
Kua tīmata te Pakanga o Spicheren i ētahi tau i mua. Na i te tau 1898 ka puta, hei hua o te mahi e waru tau, tana tino mahi: Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War.