 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokunge Ishe Methuen vaedza kuderedza kukombwa kweKimberley, Cronjé akarwa Hondo yeModder Rivermusi wa 28 November 1899, apo vaBritain vakakunda maBoers. Nzira itsva dzaCronjé paRwizi rweModder, apo varwi vake vaive vakaiswa pazasi pemakomo panzvimbo pekumusoro - kuti vawedzere kushanda kwezvombo zvavo zvakapfava - zvakamuwanira nzvimbo munhoroondo yechiuto. Zvisinei, nzira dzaaishandisa dzakanga dzisiri dzake; akakurudzirwa naGeneral Koos de la Rey uye Mutungamiri Martinus Theunis Steyn. Pashure peRwizi rweModder, Cronjé akadzinga mauto aMethuen muhondo yeMagersfontein musi wa11 Zvita. Ikoku kwakanga kuri chaizvoizvo nemhaka yenzira dzaCronjé nokuronga; Cronjé akagara asina basa mumusasa. 