 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pahondo yeDalmanuthamuna August 1900, akabudirira kuratidza mano eSteat Artillery, asi zvaizoridzawo bhero rorufu rwechikamu chavo. Kubatsira kwezvombo muhondo yakanga ichiuya kwakanga kwapera uye zvaifanira kuparadzwa nenzira yakarongwa. Boka racho rakakamurwa kuva mapoka akasiyana-siyana, uye muna October 1900 Transvaal Executive Board yaifanira kuzivisa kuti basa raTrichard rakanga risisina basa. Zvisinei, achichengeta chinzvimbo chake, akatungamira chikamu cheMiddelburg commando kusvika pakupera kwehondo. 