 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Loch akatumirwa kubva kuchikwata chake kuenda kuvashandi musi wa 9 Gumiguru 1899, achishanda semukuru wechikamu chekuratidzira, South African Field Force muHondo yechipiri yeBoer. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni musi wa 28 Ndira 1900, izvi zvakadzoserwa kumashure kusvika musi wa 30 Mbudzi 1899. Akagara nhaka zita rokuti Baron Loch parufu rwababa vake muna 1900. Akataurwazve muDespatches zvakare muna Kubvumbi 1901, uye musi wa19 Kubvumbi zvakaziviswa kuti aizogamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwepa brevet kusvika kuvakuru, musi wa29 Mbudzi 1900. Akatora rutivi muhondo dzeBelmont, Enslin, Modder Riveruye Magersfontein, akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa uye akagamuchira menduru yaMambokadzi yeSouth Africa ine zvipfigiso zvina. 