 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi mitatu kusati kwatanga Hondo yechipiri yeBoer Henderson akaendeswa kuNatal somukuru wezvitsvakurudzo. Mukati mokutanga kwehondo iye akatora rutivi uye akakuvadzwa paKukombwa kweLadysmith. Iye akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwepa brevet kune lieutenant-colonel musi wa 29 Mbudzi 1900. Muna February 1901, mutungamiri mukuru muSouth Africa, Ishe Kitchener, akagadza Henderson mutungamiriri wake wezvekuchenjera kwemauto, chinzvimbo chaakabata kusvika pakupera kwehondo muna June 1902. Mumashoko akanyorwa musi wa 23 June 1902, Kitchener akanyora kuti Henderson akanga aita zvose zvaaigona kuti agadzirise zvinetso zvikuru zvechinzvimbo chake. Nokuda kwebasa rake muhondo, akapiwa Distinguished Service Order DSO muna Gumiguru 1902 South Africa Honours list. Mabasa ake akazotevera, Field Intelligence: Its Principles and Practice 1904 uye The Art of Reconnaissance 1907, akaita zvakawanda kuti agadzire mukurumbira wake sechiremera cheMasoja pane njere dzemauto. 