 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - VaBoers vakatanga kurova muhondo yeKraaipan musi wa12 Gumiguru 1899. Usiku chaihwo, macommando 800 akapinda kumaodzanyemba muCape Colony, achirwisa boka ravarwi reBritain paKraaipan uye achigura njanji neteregirafu. Kunyange zvazvo vaBritain vakadzorera mberi kwavo paHondo yeTalana Hill, uye Hondo yeElandslaagte, vaBoer vakaramba vachiyerera kumaodzanyemba, vachikomba musha weBritain weLadysmithuye kufambira mberi paMafeking neKimberley. 