Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cronjé akanga ari mutambudzi uye akanga asingaoni ukoshi muhondo dzokufamba-famba. Akakundwa muHondo yePaardeberg
uko akazvipira pamwe chete ne4,150 yemakomando ake musi wa 27 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.