 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Bhatani racho rakasvika kuCape Town musi wa13 February 1900. Panguva iyoyo mashandiro okuderedza Kukombwa kweKimberleyvakanga vava kusvika pakakwirira uye vashandi vakanga vava kukurumidza kuenda mberi nechitima uye vakamanikidzwa kufamba: 3rd South Lancashires yakakurumidza kutumirwa. Battalion Headquarters HQ nehafu yekuruboshwe yakaenda kuNaauwpoort, asi hafu yekurudyi, ichitevera zuva riri shure, yakamiswa paHanover Road musi wa17 Kukadzi kuti vasangane nekurwiswa kweBoer. Zvimwe zvesangano racho zvakabva zvadzoka kuzotsigira, chinangwa chacho chaiva chekudzivirira maBoer kuti asacheke njanji yeNaauwpooerDe Aar iyo yaipa mauto nzira huru yekutaurirana. Major Alexander Tarbet akaiswa nemapoka matatu paDiamond Mine Kopje kuti adzivirire pakurwiswa kwaibva kumabvazuva. Simba riri paHanover Road rakamira kusvika pakubuda kwezuva musi wa 18 Kukadzi, nemaBoers 1500 ane zvombo zvitanhatu zvakaziviswa padyo. Mukati mezuva maSouth Lancs akasimbiswa ne50 Royal Engineers uye 100 mauto akatasva mabhiza, uye vakachera masvingo kuti vafukidze taundi nebhiriji pamusoro perwizi. Panguva ino kusunungurwa kweKimberley kwakanga kwaendesa kuHondo yePaardeberg 18-27 Kukadzi, uye musi wa21 Kukadzi 3rd South Lancs yakabuda kuti ifukidze kuedza kwakabudirira kweVictorian neTasmanian Mounted Rifles kuti vapfuure kuArundel. 