 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1795 Hislop akaita basa rehurumende rakavanzika kuGermany pakukumbira kweMuchinda weWales uye akazokwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant colonel mu115th Regiment of Foot, achidzokera ku39th mwedzi mitanhatu gare gare. Muna 1796 chikwata chake chakatumirwa kuWest Indies, uye Hislop akabatanidzwa mukubatwa kwemakoroni echiDutch eDemerara, Berbice, neEssequibo. Pashure pokubatwa kwavo, Hislop akaramba ari munharaunda somutungamiriri wemauto, achisimudza mauto akawanda eWest India Regiment. Akatamira kuTrinidad somutevedzeri gavhuna muna 1802 pashure peRugare rweAmiens. Muna 1806 sezvo Spain yakanga yava muhondo neBritain, Hyslop akabvumirana naAdmiral Alexander Cochrane kuti ape rubatsiro kumukuru mukuru Francisco de Miranda pakuedza kwechipiri kupinda muVenezuela pasi pehutongi hweSpain. Mushure mekukundikana kwekutsvaga, Miranda akapedza gore rakatevera muPort of Spain semuenzi weHyslop achimirira kusimbiswa kwakanga kusati kwauya uye kudzokera kuLondon. Muna 1809, sezvo mauto eBritain akaungana nokuda kwemabasa okurwisana neFrench Leeward Islands, Hislop akabatana navo semutevedzeri weLieutenant-General George Beckwith uye akabatanidzwa mukupinda kweMartiniquemuna February 1809 uye kupinda kweGuadeloupe munaJanuary 1810, achitungamirira boka munguva yekupedzisira kushanda. Akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru, uye akadzokera kuBritain nokuda kwehutano husina kunaka muna 1811. 