Leliefontein
During the SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 90 officers and men of the Royal Canadian Dragoons were assigned to cover the retreat of a British infantry column under attack by several hundred Boer horsemen near Leliefontein farm, east Transvaal. In the action on 7 November 1900, in which the Dragoons were supported by 2 guns of the Royal Canadian Field Artillery, 3 dragoons won VICTORIA CROSSES, 3 were killed and 11 were wounded.