 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - 1st Battalion yakatumirwa kuSouth Africa sechikamu che5th Irish Brigade, yaitungamirirwa naMajor-General Fitzroy Hart, uye yakaona chiito muHondo yeColenso muna Zvita 1899, chikamu chekuedza kubvisa guta reLadysmith, rakakombwa nemauto eBoer. Boka racho rakatambura zvikuru panguva yaro yekupinda muhondo, maBoers achiisa kurasikirwa kukuru: regiment yakanga ine varume 24 vakaurawa uye vakuru vakuru ve105 nevarume vakakuvadzwa. MaRanger akarwa paSpion Kop muna Ndira 1900 uye paTugela Heightsmuna February 1900 panguva yokuedzazve kwakaitwa naGeneral Sir Redvers Buller kuti asunungure guta reLadysmith rakanga rakakombwa. Pakupera kwaFebruary kukombwa kweLadysmith pakupedzisira kwakaguma pashure pokunge kwaderedzwa nemauto eBritain. 1st Battalion yakadzokera kuIndia muna 1903. 