Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Cronjé akanga ari mutambudzi uye akanga asingaoni ukoshi muhondo dzokufamba-famba. Akakundwa pa
Hondo yePaardeberg apo iye akazvipira pamwe ne4,150 yemakomando ake musi wa27 Kukadzi 1900, mushure mekunge avharirwa nemauto aIshe Roberts. Mukuru mukuru we3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, Lieutenant Colonel Eyre Crabbe, akashamisika kuwana kuti Cronjé akanga aperekedzwa pamushandirapamwe nomudzimai wake.