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Battle of Leliefontein
The Battle of Leliefontein was an engagement between Canadian and Boer forces during the Second Boer War on 7 November, 1900. The Canadians of the Royal Canadian Dragoons were tasked with covering the withdrawal of the larger British force under the command of Major-General Horace Smith-Dorrien During the battle, three Canadian solders, Sergeant Edward James Gibson Holland, Lieutenant Richard Ernest William Turner and Lieutenant Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn, would win the Victoria Cross.
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