Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pasinei nokudzokera shure kwakakomba paColenso, Stormberg, Magersfontein, neSpion Kop muna Ndira - uye neLadysmith ichiri kukombwa - maBritish akaisa mauto mashanu kuti arwise neOrange Free State muna February. Mauto akarwisa akabatanidza boka revarwi vemabhiza raitungamirirwa naLieutenant General John French pamwe neNew South Wales Lancers, Queensland Mounted Infantry uye New South Wales Army Medical Corps yakasungirirwa. Chokutanga, Kimberley yakazorodzwa zvichitevera hondo dzeModder River neMagersfontein, uye maBoers aidzokera shure akakundwa pa
Paardeberg, neNew South Wales Mounted Rifles vachiwana mukuru wemaBoer, Piet Cronjé. MaBritish akapinda muBloemfontein musi wa13 Kurume 1900, ukuwo Ladysmith achibviswa. Zvirwere zvakatanga kupararira uye varume vakawanda vakafa. Kunyange zvakadaro kufambira mberi kwacho kwakapfuurira, nokumhanyira kuPretoria muna May kwaibatanidza vaAustralia vanopfuura 3.000. Johannesburg yakawa musi wa 30 May, uye maBoers akabva muPretoria musi wa 3 June. New South Wales Mounted Rifles neWestern Australians vakaona chiito zvakare paDiamond Hill musi wa12 Chikumi. Mafeking akabviswa basa musi wa 17 May.