Battle of Frenchman's Butte Bataille de la Butte-aux-Français (French) | |||||||
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Part of the North-West Rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Cree | Canada | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Wandering Spirit | Thomas Bland Strange | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200 |
400 | ||||||
Official name | Frenchman Butte National Historic Site of Canada | ||||||
Designated | 1929 |
The Battle of Frenchman's Butte, fought on May 28, 1885, occurred when a force of Cree, dug in on a hillside near Frenchman's Butte, was unsuccessfully attacked by the Alberta Field Force. It was fought in what was then the District of Saskatchewan of the North-West Territories.[1]