In (Yi Hai twelfth lunar month twenty), January 21, 1900, Canadian troops depart for South Africa to participate in the Boer War.

Boer War commenced in order to compete for the South African colonial war between the British and the Boers. Dutch colonists came to South Africa in the 17th century. And descendants of Portuguese, French colonists known as Boers. The late 19th century, the Transvaal Republic and Ao Lanshi free country have been found in the world's largest diamond mines and gold mines. British colonists coveted treasures, in August 1899, with the outbreak of the Boer war. (L $ dj��.c��m)
autumn of that year, Britain announced obtain victory in the war, but the Boers to continue to continue attacks on British troops. British troops to the Boer forces locked up in concentration camps, 20,000 women and children to death. Commander-in-Chief of the British in the Boer War Jiqi Na become a national hero of the United Kingdom.
first Boer War took place in 1880-1881, the Second Boer War in 1899-1902. In Canada the 16th century become a law, the British colony, and later was ceded to Britain. 1867 to establish an autonomous federal. Just born without full autonomy, its sovereign state of its internal affairs in the UK still has a high degree of influence. In the United Kingdom to participate in the Second Boer War with the help of Canada.