Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Yaƙin Anglo-Boer na biyu na 1899-1902 ya kasance, a matsayin Laftanar Janar, Babban Jami'in Kwamandan Rukunin 6 na rundunar Sojan Afirka ta Kudu. An ambace shi sau biyu a cikin Wasiku kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Sarauniya ta Afirka ta Kudu tare da ƙuƙwalwa huɗu. Ya shiga cikin taimako na Kimberley, yakin Paardeberg
, Poplar Grove da kuma Driefontein.