Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokukundwa kwakaitwa maBoer kuLadysmith, Mafeking, uye
Paardeberg, mauto eBritain, akanga akawanda zvikuru kupfuura maBoer, akafashukira mhiri kwoRwizi rweOrange, ndokupinda muRepublic. Hurumende yeTransvaal yakabva muPretoria kuti inoungana muMachadodorp. Uku kukundikana kwakasimbisa kutsunga kwaSmuts. Akarayira kuparadzwa kwemigodhi yendarama, iyo aiona sechinangwa bedzi cheBritain, asi chiito ichi chakarambidzwa nomutongi womunzvimbomo. Smuts akaunganidza uto revarume 500 nokukurumidza sezvaaigona, uye akarayira kuti mabhangi acho abviswe uye zvinhu zvawo zvaifanira kuiswa muchitima chaienda kuMachadodorp. Chitima chaitakura Smuts, varwi vake, uye ndarama yose yeTransvaal ndicho chakanga chakapedzisira kubva muPretoria guta risati raparadzwa, maawa mashomanene gare gare, neuto reBritain.