 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Muna 1899 Plumer akadzokera kuSouthern Rhodesia uko akaunganidza boka revarwi vaifamba netsoka uye, mushure mekukwidzwa pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika musi wa17 Gumiguru 1900, akavatungamira paRelief yeMafekingpanguva yeHondo yechipiri yeBoer. Akakwidziridzwa kuva colonel musi wa29 Mbudzi 1900 uye akabva apiwa kutungamira kwesimba rakasanganiswa iro rakabata General Christiaan de Wets ngoro chitima paHamelfontein muna Kukadzi 1901. Plumer akadzokera kuUnited Kingdom muna April 1902, uye mwedzi miviri gare gare akagamuchirwa muvateereri naMambo Edward VII pakudzoka kwake. Mune tsamba yakanyorwa musi wa 23 Chikumi 1902, Ishe Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief muSouth Africa munguva yekupedzisira yehondo, akanyora kuti Plumer aive sei akashandura zvisingachinjiki zviratidzo zvechiuto zvepamusoro soro. Vashumiri vashomanene vakapa basa riri nani. 