 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokutanga kweHondo yechipiri yeBoer muna October 1899, boka racho rakatumirwa kuSouth Africa. Yakanga iri chikamu cheGeneral Frenchs force mumabasa akapoteredza Colesberg, uye gare gare rimwe boka revarwi rakatora chikamu mukununurwa kweKimberley muna Kukadzi 1900. Ma squadron e regiment akabatana zvakare, uye akaumba chikamu che cavalry brigade iyo yakashanda mune zvese zvinopesana muPretoria, imwe yemaguta makuru eBoer, iyo yakatorwa musi wa 5 Chikumi 1900. Vakatora rutivi muhondo dzeDiamond Hill June 1900 neBelfastNyamavhuvhu 1900, uye mukutevera kwevatasvi vemabhiza paBarberton muEastern Transvaal. Murwi uyu wakazobatana nekoramu yaitungamirirwa naColonel Michael Rimington muOrange River Colony, ichitora chikamu mukurwiswa kwakasiyana siyana uye kutyaira ikoko mukati megore rekupedzisira rehondo, iyo yakapera neRunyararo rweVereeniging musi wa31 Chivabvu 1902. Mushure mokupera kwehondo, vakuru vakuru 257 nevarume ve regiment vakabva kuCape Town pa SS Orissa, iyo yakasvika kuSouthampton mukupera kwaOctober 1902, uye vamwe varume 138 vakasvika kuQueenstown mwedzi wakatevera pa SS Orient. Pashure pokudzoka kwavo, hurumende yakanga yakamira paCurragh. 