The greater part of his time in the 48th and 55th was actively employed, for from 30 October to 6 November 1841, he was in the East Indies, and from 7 November 1841 to February 1844 in China. In 1841-42 there was war in China, and Schoëdde (who had become colonel in the army in November 1841) commanded the left column at the affair of Chapoo; and as major-general in 1842 under Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Gough he commanded the 2nd brigade at the escalade and storming of Tching-Kiang-Foo.