Roberts halted in Kroonstad to repair the railway and refit between 12 and 22 May.  New horses arrived for French, but a third of them were unfit for action, and French and Hutton were only able to muster 2,330 effectives.
 French and Hamilton were now sent to threaten Johannesburg from the left.

Roberts entered Johannesburg (31 May) and Pretoria (5 June), although without pressing Botha to a decisive battle in either case.
 French correctly dismissed talk of victory as premature, and continued to spend much of his time inspecting remounts—the job of Director of Remounts at Stellenbosch had been given to an incompetent and manic depressive officer, who eventually shot himself.
French played a key role at the victory over Louis Botha at Diamond Hill (11–12 June) in the north-east Transvaal.
 French, leading one of his own brigades in the usual encircling movement, came under heavy fire—a medical major was shot at his side—but held his position despite Roberts' permission to withdraw.

In mid-July French operated against de Wet's guerrilla force around Pretoria, although he did not understand that this was an autonomous force, and advised Roberts that the best defence would be to continue to attack Botha's main army.
French was then recalled to take part in another attack on Botha's army, but once again Roberts vetoed French's proposal of a deeper encirclement (on the British right this time), allowing Botha's army to escape.

In late July 1900 Pole-Carew, commander of 11th Division, refused to accept French's orders.
 French at first asked to be relieved of responsibility for Pole-Carew's sector, but matters were patched up after what French described as a "somewhat stormy" meeting.
Roberts halted in Kroonstad to repair the railway and refit between 12 and 22 May.  New horses arrived for French, but a third of them were unfit for action, and French and Hutton were only able to muster 2,330 effectives.  French and Hamilton were now sent to threaten Johannesburg from the left.
Roberts entered Johannesburg (31 May) and Pretoria (5 June), although without pressing Botha to a decisive battle in either case.  French correctly dismissed talk of victory as premature, and continued to spend much of his time inspecting remounts—the job of Director of Remounts at Stellenbosch had been given to an incompetent and manic depressive officer, who eventually shot himself. French played a key role at the victory over Louis Botha at Diamond Hill (11–12 June) in the north-east Transvaal.  French, leading one of his own brigades in the usual encircling movement, came under heavy fire—a medical major was shot at his side—but held his position despite Roberts' permission to withdraw.
In mid-July French operated against de Wet's guerrilla force around Pretoria, although he did not understand that this was an autonomous force, and advised Roberts that the best defence would be to continue to attack Botha's main army. French was then recalled to take part in another attack on Botha's army, but once again Roberts vetoed French's proposal of a deeper encirclement (on the British right this time), allowing Botha's army to escape.
In late July 1900 Pole-Carew, commander of 11th Division, refused to accept French's orders.  French at first asked to be relieved of responsibility for Pole-Carew's sector, but matters were patched up after what French described as a "somewhat stormy" meeting.
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres