Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa9 December 1899, De Wet akagamuchira teregiramu kubva kuMutungamiri weHurumende, M.T. Steyn, achimuzivisa kuti akanga agadzwa kuva mukuru wehondo uye aifanira kuenda kumuganhu wokumadokero. Akawana General Piet Cronjé achitungamirira maBoer mauto akanga akavharirwa paMagersfontein, kumaodzanyemba kweKimberley, apo vaEngland vakanga vari paRwizi rweModder. De Wet aifanira kuva mutevedzeri womutungamiriri waCronje. Kurwisa kweBritain kwakatanga musi wa 11 Kukadzi 1900, naGeneral French vachipfuura Cronje paMagersfontein uye vachienda kuKimberley. Kupinda kwaDe Wet mumotokari dzaifambiswa nenzombe paWatervals Drift, achibata nzombe 1 600, hakuna kumisa mafashamo. Kurwiswa kweKimberley kwakapedzwa musi wa 15 Kukadzi, uye Cronje akazvipa nevarume 4000 paPaardeberg
musi wa27 February. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, de Wet akagadzwa kuva Mutungamiriri Mukuru wemauto eFree State. Havana kukwanisa kudzora maBritish achienda kuguta guru reFree State, Bloemfontein, iro rakatorwa risingapikiswi musi wa13 Kurume 1900.