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2 unusual facts about Battle of Cut Knife


Battle of Cut Knife

Middleton detached a column under the leadership of Lt. Col. William Otter to relieve Battleford.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Otter survived the battle and remained a prominent figure in the military, commanding The Royal Canadian Regiment in the Boer War, and acting as Director of Internment Camps in World War I.


Pitikwahanapiwiyin

On 2 May 1885, a military force of 332 Canadian troops, led by Lieutenant-Colonel William Dillon Otter, attacked Poundmaker's camp near Cut Knife Hill.

William Dillon Otter

On May 2, 1885, he led a Canadian force of more than 300 in the Battle of Cut Knife against Poundmaker's Cree Indians.


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