Cika wannan jumlar: Duk da mummunar koma baya a Colenso, Stormberg, Magersfontein, da Spion Kop a watan Janairu - kuma tare da Ladysmith har yanzu ana kewaye da shi - 'yan Burtaniya sun kafa wani rukuni biyar na mamaye jihar Orange Free a watan Fabrairu. Sojojin da suka kai hari sun hada da wani bangare na sojan doki wanda Lieutenant General John French ya umurta tare da New South Wales Lancers, Queensland Mounted Infantry da New South Wales Army Medical Corps da aka haɗe. Da farko, an sauya Kimberley bayan yaƙe-yaƙe na Modder River da Magersfontein, kuma an ci nasara da Boers a
Paardeberg, tare da New South Wales Mounted Rifles sun gano janar na Boer, Piet Cronjé. Birtaniya sun shiga Bloemfontein a ranar 13 ga Maris, 1900, yayin da aka sauya Ladysmith. Cututtuka sun fara cinyewa kuma mutane da yawa sun mutu. Duk da haka ci gaba ya ci gaba, tare da tafiyar zuwa Pretoria a watan Mayu ciki har da 'yan Australia fiye da 3,000. Johannesburg ya fadi a ranar 30 ga Mayu, kuma Boers sun janye daga Pretoria a ranar 3 ga Yuni. New South Wales Mounted Rifles da Yammacin Australiya sun sake yin aiki a Diamond Hill a ranar 12 ga Yuni. An sauƙaƙe Mafeking a ranar 17 ga Mayu.