 Complete the following phrase:  He became a first lieutet on 6 May 1825, and after almost thirty years service as a subaltern was promoted to captain on 10 July 1837. Soon after he joined the battalion of marines doing duty in Spain during the First Carlist War, and subsequently went to China, where he commanded the marine battalion in the demonstration against Nanking at the close of the First Anglo-Chinese War. He was promoted to major on 11 November and lieutet colonel on 26 November 1851, and to colonel on 20 January 1854. In JulyAugust 1854 Graham commanded a brigade of marines at the 