 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mumwedzi miviri kusati kwatanga Hondo yechipiri yeBoer, varwi veBritain 10 000 vakasvika muDurban kuzosimbisa varwi 2 000 vakanga vatova ikoko. Vakatumirwa nechitima kuLadysmith neDundee. Hondo yakatanga musi wa12 Gumiguru 1899, uye musi wa30 Gumiguru mushure meHondo yeNicholsons Nek, hafu yemauto eBritish yakadzokera kumaodzanyemba kweTugela apo imwe hafu yakanga yakakomberedzwa muLadysmith. Mukati maOctober, November, naDecember 1899, NGR yakatumira masoja 43,296, mhuka 11,479, zvombo 96, uye motokari 377 pamwe chete nematani 19,499 ezvokushandisa kubva kumhenderekedzo yegungwa kuenda kunhandare dzehondo. 