Battle of Cut Knife
| Battle of Cut Knife | |||||||
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| Part of the North-West Rebellion | |||||||
Contemporary lithograph from The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Canada | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| William Dillon Otter | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 50 to 250 | 350 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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| Official name | Battle of Cut Knife Hill National Historic Site of Canada | ||||||
| Designated | 1923 | ||||||
The District of Saskatchewan in 1885 (within the black diamonds) included the central section of Saskatchewan and extended into Alberta and Manitoba.
The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, during the North-West Rebellion, occurred when a flying column of North-West Mounted Police, Canadian militia, and Canadian regulars attacked a Cree and Assiniboine teepee settlement near Battleford in the North-West Territories' District of Saskatchewan. First Nations fighters forced the Canadian forces to retreat, with losses on both sides.