 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokutanga kweHondo yechipiri yeBoer muna October 1899, chikwata ichi chakatumirwa kuSouth Africa uko chakasvika kuDurban muna November. Yakanga iri rutivi rwesimba rakatumwa kuzosunungura Ladysmith, achitora chikamu muhondo dzeColenso December 1899, Spion Kop January 1900, uye Tugela Heights February 1900. Muna Ndira 1900, chikwata ichi chaiva chikamu chechikwata chakanga chaenda kunotsvaga kumadokero kwemiganhu yeBoer. Yakakwanisa kuvandira boka revaBoer vanenge 200 pedyo neActon Homes uye yakabudirira kubata vanenge 40 vavo. Kubva muna Chikumi 1900 kusvika muna Kubvumbi 1901 chikwata ichi chakashandiswa kuchengetedza rwizi rweBuffalo neTransvaal kusvika kuDrakensberg, pasi pemutungamiriri weLieutenant Colonel Sclater-Booth. Mukati memamwe makore ose ehondo vakashandiswa muTransvaal uye muOrange River Colony. Mushure mokupera kwehondo, vakuru vakuru 623 nevarume vechirongwa vakabva kuSouth Africa paSS Kildonan Castle, iyo yakasvika kuSouthampton muna Gumiguru 1902. Pashure pokudzokera kwavo, vakagoverwa paShorncliffe, uko vakaongororwa naColonel wavo Mukuru Emperor Wilhelm II muna November 1902. 