Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'agbanyeghi nsogbu siri ike na Colenso, Stormberg, Magersfontein, na Spion Kop na Jenụwarị - na Ladysmith ka nọ n'okpuru nnọchibido - ndị Britain guzobere ngalaba ise na-emegide Orange Free State na February. Ndị agha ahụ na-awakpo gụnyere otu ndị agha ịnyịnya nke Lieutenant General John French nyere iwu na ndị New South Wales Lancers, Queensland Mounted Infantry na New South Wales Army Medical Corps. Nke mbụ, a gbapụrụ Kimberley n'agha ndị a lụrụ na Modder River na Magersfontein, ma merie ndị Boer na-alaghachi azụ na Paardeberg
, na ndị New South Wales Mounted Rifles na-achọpụta Boer General, Piet Cronjé. Ndị Briten batara Bloemfontein na 13 Machị 1900, ebe Ladysmith nọ n'ọnọdụ. Ọrịa malitere ịkpa ike, ọtụtụ ndị ikom nwụkwara. Ma ọganihu ahụ gara n'ihu, na njem ahụ gaa Pretoria na Mee gụnyere ihe karịrị ndị Australia 3,000. Johannesburg dara na 30 Mee, ndị Boers wee si na Pretoria pụọ na 3 June. Ndị New South Wales Mounted Rifles na ndị Western Australia hụrụ ihe ọzọ na Diamond Hill na 12 June. E wepụrụ Mafeking na 17 Mee.