Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pechiono ichi, van Rensburg akatambudzwa nokutya kwakanga kusingadi kupera. Apo uyu mugariro wokusagadzikana wakapfuurira mukati mokugara kwavo muKimberley, vakuru vake vakamudzorera kumusha. Asinganzwi kunyaradzwa, akadzokera kuKukombwa kweKimberley, uko aidavira kuti chiono chitsva chakanga chamuratidza kukundwa uye kurasikirwa noupenyu izvo hondo yaizounza. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, zvichida paGraspan, mugariro wake wakashata wakasimudzwa nokusingaperi sezvo mumwe murwi akakuvadzwa parutivi rwake, sezvo, maererano navan Rensburg, chimwe chiono chakanga chambonyevera. Van Rensburg akabva afamba naGeneral Piet Cronjé asi akapukunyuka kukombwa nemauto eBritish pa
Paardeberg. Gare gare, akafamba nemakomando akasiyana-siyana, uko kufanotaura kwakaratidzika kuva kwakarurama kwakavamba mukurumbira wake.