Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Yaƙin Boer, kamfanin Toronto na 2RCRI ya yi yaƙin farko na Kanada a Sunnyside, Cape Colony, a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1900, inda ya ci nasarar kwamandan Boer a cikin wani mataki da Queensland Mounted Infantry na Australia ya jagoranci. Daga nan sai ƙungiyar ta haɗu kuma ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a nasarar a yakin Paardeberg Drift.
(18<unk>27 Fabrairu 1900), gami da ci gaba da dare zuwa layin abokan gaba, cikin nutsuwa suna haƙa ramuka a kan tudu mai tsayi 65 yadudduka daga layin Boer. A ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, 1900, 'yan Boers, suna kallon bakin bindigogi na Kanada da na Burtaniya, sun mika wuya, don haka suka cire kwamandan da ke toshe hanyar zuwa babban birnin Boer na farko, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. Tun daga wannan lokacin ne rundunar ta yi bikin ranar Paardeberg. Bayan ya ba da labari mai kyau na farko na yaƙin don Daular Burtaniya, Rundunar ta kuma bambanta kanta a kan tafiya zuwa arewa, ta fara isa ƙofofin Pretoria.