 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Maxwell akashanda neBlack Watch muAnglo-Egyptian War ya1882, achitora chikamu mukupamba masvingo eEgypt paTel-El-Kabir uye achikwira kusvika pachinzvimbo chekaputeni. Akatanga kutaurwa nezvake mumakadhi semubatsiri weprovost-marshal uye mutungamiriri wemusasa panguva yeNile Expedition ya1884-1885. Akatamba chinzvimbo chinoshingaira nemauto emuganhu weEjipitori muSudan, uye akahwina Distinguished Service Order mukubatana kuGinnis uye aivewo muhondo yeGemaizah muna 1888 kwaakaitwa lieutenant colonel. Munguva yekukunda zvakare kweSudan akatungamira 2nd Egyptian Brigade, uye aivepo pa1898 Hondo dzeAtbara neOmdurman, apo akanga ari pakati pevokutanga kupinda mumuzinda waKhalifa. Muna 1897 akagadzwa kuva Gavhuna weNubia uye muna 1898 akagadzwa kuva Gavhuna weOmdurman. 