Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin Yaƙin Boer, kamfanin Toronto na 2RCRI ya yi yaƙin farko na ƙasashen waje na Kanada a Sunnyside, Cape Colony, a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1900, inda ya ci nasara da kwamandan Boer a cikin aikin da Queensland Mounted Infantry na Australia ya jagoranci. Daga nan sai rukunin ya shiga kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a nasarar da aka samu a yankin.
Yaƙin 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.