 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Colville akaraira rechi 13 mukudzvinyirirwa kwekumukira kweIrish kwa 1798, uye mukuenda kuFerrol neEgipita. MuEgypt, regiment yake yaive chikamu cheMajor-General John Cradocks brigade, uye yakazvimiririra muhondo dzeAbukir, Mandora, neCanope, uye mukudyara kwakazotevera kwevarwi veFrance kuAlexandria. Paakasiya Ijipiti, Colville, uyo akanga aita mukurumbira wake semukuru mukuru wehondo akanaka, akatora hondo yake kuenda kuGibraltar, kwaakagara kusvikira muna 1805, gore raakakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wehondo. Pashure penguva pfupi muEngland akaenda nechikwata chake kuBermuda muna 1808, uye muna 1809 akaitwa brigadier-general ndokutungamirira 2nd brigade yeGeorge Prévosts division mukutora Martinique. 