 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Akashanda semubatsiri webato re1st kubva musi wa 21 Ndira 1899 uye muHondo yechipiri yeBoer 18991902, apo battalion yakatumirwa kuSouth Africa. Vakanga vari chikamu chesimba rakatumirwa kunyaradza kukombwa kweKimberley, uye vakaona chiito paHondo yeMagersfontein muna Zvita 1899, apo Gordon akakuvara. Akabva ashanda muOrange Free State kubva muna Kukadzi kusvika Chivabvu 1900, uye akatora chikamu muhondo dzePaardeberg Kukadzi 1900, Poplar Grove, Driefontein Kurume 1900, Hontnek, Vet River uye Hand River. Vachienda kuTransvaal, battalion iyi yakashanda zvakare paDoornkop muna Chivabvu 1900, uko yakarasikirwa zvakanyanya, ndokuzotora chikamu muhondo dzeBelfast neLydenburg.August 1900. Bhatani racho rakaramba riri muSouth Africa muhondo yacho yose, iyo yakaguma neRugare rweVereeniging muna June 1902. Mwedzi mina gare gare 475 maofficial nevarume ve 1st battalion vakabva kuCape Town vari muSS Salamis mukupera kwaGunyana 1902, vachisvika kuSouthampton mukupera kwaGumiguru, apo battalion yakatumirwa kuGlasgow. 