 Gough akabva ashanda seADC kuna Ishe Dundonald, uyo akanga achitungamirira mauto akatasva mabhiza muNatal. Muna January 1900 akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru wehurumende, basa raida ruzivo rwakawanda. Pakati paJanuary akatumwa kunotsvaga Potgeiters Drift, kuyambuka Rwizi rweTugela, nechinangwa chekupfuura chinzvimbo cheBoer paColenso iyo Buller yakanga yarwisa muna Zvitakubva kumadokero mukuedza kubvisa Ladysmith. Zvisinei, kutambanuka kunononoka kwakaratidza vavariro dzeBritain uye kwakapa vaBoer nguva yokugadzirira kuzvidzivirira kwavo. Munguva yeHondo yeSpion Kop 2324 Ndira Gough akasangana naWinston Churchill, ndokuzotumira mameseji achishanda semukuru muSouth African Light Horse. 