Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akapihwa basa mu12th Lancers semutevedzeri wechipiri musi wa8 Chikumi 1889, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa3 Gunyana 1890, uye kuva kaputeni musi wa1 Gumiguru 1896. Akashanda nechikwata ichi muHondo yeChipiri yeBoer muSouth Africa 1899-1901, kwaakatora chikamu muKununurwa kweKimberley (15 Kukadzi 1900) uye hondo dzakazotevera dzePaardeberg.
(February 1900) uye Driefontein (March 1900); uye kubva muna June kusvika muna November 1900 mumabasa muTransvaal. Nokuda kwebasa rake, akasimudzirwa kuva brevet major mu1901 South Africa Honours list (kukwidziridzwa kwacho kwakanyorwa musi wa29 Mbudzi 1900). Iye akagamuchira chinzvimbo chechokwadi chechikuru musi wa3 Gunyana 1902.