 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyange zvazvo pakutanga yakapiwa kune Lieutenant General Kelly-Kennys Sixth Division, brigade yakashandiswa sesimba rakazvimirira. Vakatumirwa kudunhu reColesberg, vakakurumidza kuzvidzivirira pakurwiswa nemaBoer apo vatasvi vemabhiza vaitungamirirwa naMajor-General French vakabviswa kuti vashandiswe mukununura Kimberly. Yakagoverwa kuti igadzire nzvimbo yakazaruka mutaundi reRensburg, 2nd Wilts yakarasikirwa nevarume 14 vakaurawa, 57 vakakuvadzwa, uye vanopfuura zana vakatapwa. Pakupedzisira, mutungamiri webrigade akamanikidzwa kudzosa maWiltshires kuti adzivise maBoer Commandos kuti apinde uye atyisidzire mamwe maguta. Zvisinei, mukupa murairo wekudzokera kuRensburg, makambani maviri e2nd Wiltshires, akagoverwa basa rekuchengetedza, haana kumbobvumirwa shoko rekudzokera. Apo vakaedza kupindazve mumusasa waimbova mukuru webato racho, vakawana wakagarwa navaBoer. Kunyange zvazvo vakaedza kutiza, mapurisa echiBoer akakurumidza kubata mapoka acho maviri uye, pashure pokurwisana, akaamanikidza kuzviramba. 