Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan da aka ci nasara a kan sojojin Boer a Ladysmith, Mafeking, da
Paardeberg, sojojin Burtaniya, sun fi yawa fiye da Boers, sun mamaye Kogin Orange, kuma a cikin jamhuriyoyin. Gwamnatin Transvaal ta gudu daga Pretoria don yin taro a Machadodorp. Waɗannan koma baya sun taurare ƙudurin Smuts. Ya ba da umarnin lalata ma'adinan zinare, wanda ya gani a matsayin manufofin Burtaniya kawai, amma alkalin kotun yankin ya toshe wannan aikin. Smuts ya tara sojojin mutane 500 da sauri kamar yadda ya iya, kuma ya bukaci a kwashe bankunan kuma a ajiye su a jirgin kasa zuwa Machadodorp. Jirgin da ke dauke da Smuts, da sojojinsa, da kuma duk zinaren Transvaal shi ne na karshe da ya bar Pretoria kafin garin ya fadi, bayan sa'o'i kadan, ga sojojin Birtaniya.