The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by a flying column of mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars. The warriors defeated the Canadian forces, with losses on both sides.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:Event/date
  • 1885-05-02 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/causalties
  • 3 wounded
  • 5 dead
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/combatant
  • Cree
    Assiniboine
  • Dominion of Canada
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/commander
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/partOf
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/place
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/result
  • Cree–Assiniboine victory
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/strength
  • 350
  • 50
dbpedia-owl:causalties
  • 3 wounded
  • 5 dead
dbpedia-owl:combatant
  • Cree
    Assiniboine
  • Dominion of Canada
dbpedia-owl:commander
dbpedia-owl:date
  • 1885-05-02 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:partOf
dbpedia-owl:place
dbpedia-owl:result
  • Cree–Assiniboine victory
dbpedia-owl:strength
  • 350
  • 50
dbpedia-owl:thumbnail
dbpprop:abstract
  • The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by a flying column of mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars. The warriors defeated the Canadian forces, with losses on both sides.
  • La Bataille de Cut Knife s'est tenu le 2 mai, 1885 lorsqu'une petite force de guerriers Cree et d'Assiniboine attaquèrent une force composée de la Police montée, de miliciens et de soldats canadiens. Les guerriers ont défait les forces canadiennes avec des pertes des deux côtés.
dbpprop:align
  • right
dbpprop:bgcolor
  • c6dbf7
dbpprop:caption
  • Contemporary lithograph from ''The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News''.
dbpprop:casualties
  • 5 dead 3 wounded
  • 8 dead 14 wounded
dbpprop:combatant
dbpprop:commander
dbpprop:conflict
  • Battle of Cut Knife
dbpprop:date
  • May 2, 1885
dbpprop:halign
  • left
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:partof
dbpprop:place
dbpprop:quote
  • "Cut Knife Battlefield. Named after Chief Cut Knife of the Sarcee in an historic battle with the Cree. On 2nd May, 1885, Lt. Col. W.D. Otter led 325 troops composed of North West Mounted Police, "B" Battery, "C" Company, Foot Guards, Queen's Own and Battleford Rifles, against the Cree and Assiniboine under Poundmaker and Fine Day. After an engagement of six hours, the troops retreated to Battleford."
dbpprop:reference
dbpprop:result
  • Cree–Assiniboine victory
dbpprop:source
  • National Historic Sites and Monuments Board
dbpprop:strength
  • 50 Jefferson, Fifty Years, 146
  • 350 (xsd:integer)
dbpprop:width
  • 30em
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:wordnet_type
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by a flying column of mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars. The warriors defeated the Canadian forces, with losses on both sides.
  • La Bataille de Cut Knife s'est tenu le 2 mai, 1885 lorsqu'une petite force de guerriers Cree et d'Assiniboine attaquèrent une force composée de la Police montée, de miliciens et de soldats canadiens. Les guerriers ont défait les forces canadiennes avec des pertes des deux côtés.
rdfs:label
  • Battle of Cut Knife
  • Bataille de Cut Knife
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:depiction
foaf:name
  • Battle of Cut Knife
foaf:page
is dbpprop:redirect of
is owl:sameAs of