 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Muna 1899, Louis Botha akarwa muHondo yechipiri yeBoer, pakutanga achijoinha Krugersdorp Commando, achiramba achirwa pasi paLucas Meyer kuNorth Natal, uye gare gare semukuru mukuru anotungamira uye achitungamira maBoer mauto zvinoshamisa paColenso neSpion Kop. Parufu rwaP. J. Joubert, akaitwa mutungamiri mukuru weTransvaal Boers, kwaakaratidzazve kugona kwake paBelfast-Dalmanutha. Pashure pehondo paTugela, Botha akapa hondo yokumisa kurwa kwemaawa makumi maviri nemana kuna General Buller kuti amugonese kuviga vakafa vake. 