 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yechipiri yeBoer yakatanga muSouth Africa muna October 1899. Pakazosvika December, uto reBritain rakanga rapererwa muhondo kanoverengeka, uye rakanga risingakwanisi kubvisa kukombwa kweLadysmith, Mafekinguye Kimberley nokukurumidza sezvakanga zvaziviswa kuruzhinji. Hurumende yakaona kuti yaida mauto akawanda kuti ikunde muhondo, uye zvikamu zvikuru zveuto rinogara riripo, mauto ehondo uye mauto ehondo akatumirwa kuSouth Africa. Nemhaka yezvinodikanwa zvevanhu zveuto, chikumbiro chakauya kubva kuna Mambokadzi Victoria munaFebruary 1900 kune vaimbova varwi kuti vasaine mabasa ekudzivirira. Tsamba inotevera yakaoneka mumapepanhau panguva iyoyo, yakasainwa naSir Arthur Bigge, Munyori woUmambo: 