 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kukadzi 1882 Ardagh akagadzwa murairidzi munhoroondo yechiuto, mutemo, uye matekiniki paChikoro cheUinjiniya hweMasoja kuChatham, asi musi wa5 Chikunguru akatumirwa kuEjipitori, kwaakange achigara achienderera mberi kwemakore mana anotevera. Basa rake rokutanga rakanga riri rokuisa Alexandria mumamiriro ezvinhu okudzivirira pashure pokurwiswa kwayo nezvikepe zveBritainuye kutarisira dhipatimendi rezvokuongorora ikoko. Ardagh aishanda mubazi rezvitima kuIsmailia, uye aivapo paKassassin neTel-el-Mahuta, uye muhondo yeTel-el-Kebir munaGunyana 1882. Musi wa 17 Mbudzi 1882 akagadzwa kuva Mutevedzeri Wemubatsiri-Mubatsiri uye Quartermaster-General, uye akasimudzirwa kuva brevet lieutenant-colonel musi wa 18 Mbudzi 1882. Akataurwa mumharidzo yaIshe Wolseley pakupera kwemushandirapamwe, uye akagamuchirawo menduru yeBritain yehondo ine clasp yeTel-el-Kebir, nyeredzi yebhuronzi yeKhedive, uye kirasi yechina yehurongwa hweOsmanieh. 