Great story about Leleifontain. I think 100 men defending a line 4 or 5 kilometres long could have been broken by the local girl guide troop let alone 200 Boers but they certainly put up a fight which I have not read of before.
Regardless of the fact a Victoria Cross has become progressively more difficult to win in each subsequent war, the Canadian troops carried out an outstanding defence.
If any of the Canadians in Afghanistan have ever read of their forefather's participation in the South African debacle they could not but think "Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it." Politicians thump their chests, soldiers die - it was ever thus.
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