This day in military history..

Aug 13
1704 Battle of Blenheim
1777 David Bushnell attempts to destroy HMS Cerebrus with a floating torpedo, a small boat nearby is destroyed instead.
1806 Battle of Misar begins
1846 US occupies Los Angeles
1898 sham Battle of Manila
1920 Battle of Warsaw begins
1937 Battle of Shanghai begins
1940 R.N. Trawler Elizabeth Angela bombed/sunk in The Downs
1941 KM E Boat sinks a Soviet Patrol Ship north of Tallinn
1942 Destroyer HMS Foresight torpedoed by Italian SM-79s, & Cruiser HMS Manchester torpedoed my Italian MTBs MS-16 & MS-22 west of Malta, both are scuttled. Sub HMS Unbroken damages Italian Cruisers Bolzano & Attendolo. Attack Transport USS John Penn bombed/sunk off Guadalcanal
1944 Sub USS Flier sunk by mine in Balabak Strait
2008 Russians occupy Gori
 
Aug 14
1385 Battle of Aljubarrota
1415 Battle of Ceuta
1592 naval Battle of Hansan Island
1598 Battle of the Yellow Ford
1813 HMS Pelican captures USS Argus
1897 French capture Anosimena, Madagascar
1900 Allies occupy Peking
1916 Romania declares War on Austria-Hungary
1937 Chinese Air Force fighters shoot down 6 Japanese bombers during an air raid.
1940 South Folkestone Lightship bombed/sunk
1943 Sub HMS Saracen damaged by Italian Corvettes Minerva & Euterpe, scuttled to prevent capture
1944 IJN LSV-129 sunk by USS Cod in South China Sea. US LST-921 sunk by U-764 in Bristol Channel
1974 Turkey invades Cyprus
 
Aug 15
636 Battle of Yarmouk begins
718 Siege of Constantinople lifted
778 Battle of Roncevaux Pass, the death of Roland
1057 Battle of Lumphanan
1281 Battle of Koan ends when a storm(Kamakaze) destroys the Mongol invasion fleet
1307 Knights of St. John capture Rhodes & change their name to Knights of Rhodes
1599 Battle of Curlew Pass
1695 French bombardment of Brussels ends
1760 Battle of Liegnitz
1812 Battle of Ft. Dearborn
1895 USS Texas, 1st US steel hulled Battleship, is Commissioned
1914 Russia invades East Prussia
1940 Greek Cruiser Elli sunk in port by Italian sub Delphino during peacetime.
1942 Soviet sub M 97 sunk by Finnish Patrol Boat VMV 5 in the Gulf of Finland.
1944 Allies invade southern France. US LST-282 sunk by German Glide Bomb off St. Tropez. naval Battle of Port Cros: Destroyer USS Somers sinks KM Corvette UJ-6081 Camoscio and Sloop SG-21 Amiral Senes.
R.N. ships sink KM Minesweeper M-385 & one other M/S, Flakship Richthofen, 1 merchant, 2 armed merchants & a tanker, and Torpedo Boat Elbing is damaged, off La Rochelle.
1945 Japan surrenders
 
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Aug 16
1513 Battle of Guinegate
1777 Battle of Bennington
1780 Battle of Camden
1812 Ft. Detroit surrenders w/o a fight
1869 Battle of Acosta Nu
1870 Battle of Mars-La-Tour
1900 Battle of Elands River ends
1914 Battle of Cer begins
1940 Inspection Craft HMS Manx Lad & S.S. Meath are sunk by a mine detonated by Meath while being inspected
1942 Brazilian Troopship Baependy sunk by U-507 @ the mouth of Brazil's Real River
 
Aug 17
986 Battle of The Gate of Trajan
1862 US-Dakota War begins
1864 Battle of Gainesville, Fla
1914 Battle of Stalluponen
1941 Soviet Patrol Ship 80 sunk by E Boat S-58 off Tallinn
1942 USMC Makin Island Raid
1943 8th Air Force Schweinfurt-Regensburg Raids. Battle of Sicily ends. CAM ship S.S. Empire Stanley sunk by U-197 south of Madagascar
1944 naval Battle of La Ciotat: Destroyer USS Endicott sinks KM Corvette UJ-6082 Antilope & Armed Yacht Nimet Allah. Gunboats HMS Scarab & Aphis sink a merchant ship.
 
Aug 18
1864 2nd Battle of the Weldon RR begins
1870 Battle of Gravelotte
1941 Soviet Destroyer Statnyi sunk by mine in the Suur Strait
1943 US LST-396 sunk by an explosion off Vella Lavella
1944 IJN Cruiser Natori sunk by USS Hardhead east of Samar. Carrier Taiyo sunk by USS Rasher in South China Sea
1965 Operation Starlight begins
1966 Battle of Long Tan
 
Aug 19
1504 Battle of Knockdoe
1666 Terschelling Raid "Holmes' Bonfire"
1759 naval Battle of Lagos
1782 Battle of Blue Licks, Ky
1812 USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere. A Hurricane wrecks the New Orleans Naval Station.
1940 1st flight B-25. Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Corfu is grounded at Freetown, Siera Leone, after being damaged in a collision in the mid-Atlantic July 10. She is repaired & returned to service in 1941.
1941 British Troopship Aguila sunk by U-201. R.N. Trawler HMS Thorbryn & 3 barges bombed/sunk off Tobruk. Soviet Hospital Ship Sibir bombed/sunk in Gulf of Finland. Norwegian Destroyer Bath sunk by U-204 s.w. of Ireland
1942 Dieppe Raid: Destroyer HMS Berkeley & 33 landing craft lost.
1944 Paris Liberated. U-466 scuttled at Toulon
1945 Viet Minh occupy Hanoi
1967 Operation Coronado IV begins
1981 1st Gulf of Sidra Incident
2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom ends
 
Aug 20
636 Battle of Yarmouk ends
917 Battle of Achelous
1467 2nd Battle of Olmedo
1710 Battle of Saragossa
1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers
1914 Germans occupy Brussels
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Resparko bombed/sunk in the Fal River at Falmouth. U-51 sunk by sub HMS Cachalot in the Bay of Biscay
1941 Italian Troopship Esperia sunk by sub HMS Unique off Tripoli. R.N. Trawler HMS Corinda cought on fire & sank off Freetown, Sierra Leone. Danish Naval Trawler Solarris sunk by mine off Iceland
1942 U-464 damaged by a US PBY Catalina & scuttled
1944 2nd Jassy-Kishinev Offensive begins. U-1229 sunk by aircraft from USS Bogue. U-9 sunk by Soviet aircraft at Constanta, Romania
 
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Aug 21
1680 Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe
1689 Battle of Dunkeld
1778 Siege of Pondicherry begins
1808 Battle of Vimeiro
1863 Lawrence, Ks Raid
1918 2nd Battle of the Somme begins
1942 Guadalcanal: Battle of the Tenaru
1944 Corvette HMS Alberni sunk by U-480 in the English Channel. Sloop HMS Kite sunk by U-344 in the Barents Sea. KM supply ship Hako scuttled at Bayonne
 
Aug 22
851 Battle of Jengland
1138 Battle of The Standard
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field
1642 English Civil War begins
1711 A British expedition to capture Quebec ends disasteriously when 7 transports & a storeship run aground in the St. Lawrence River drowning 850 soldiers
1717 Spain invades Sardinia
1777 Siege of Ft. Stanwix ends
1940 Italian sub Iride & Depot Ship Monte Gargano sunk by Swordfish from HMS Eagle
1941 Netlayer HMS Tonbridge bombed/sunk off Great Yarmouth
1942 Brazil declares War on Germany & Italy. Destroyer USS Blue damaged by IJN Destroyer Kawakazi off Guadalcanal, & Destroyer USS Ingraham is sunk in collision with Oiler USS Chemung off Nova Scotia
1943 Soviet motorboats DB-36 & 37 shelled/sunk by U-24 in the Black Sea
1944 Soviets capture Romania. Frigate HMS Bickerton & Escort Carrier HMS Nabob are damaged by U-354 in the Barents Sea, Bickerton is scuttled. Minesweeper HMS Loyalty sunk by U-480 in the English Channel. IJN Escort Ships Hiburi & Matsuwa sunk by sub USS Harder off the Bataan Peninsula. Escort Ship Sado sunk by sub USS Haddo in Paluan Bay. HMS Mauritius, Iroquois & Ursa destroy a KM convoy consisting of Flackships V-717, 730, 702, 729, & 720 plus 3 Minesweepers
 
Aug 23
1328 Battle of Cassel
1514 Battle of Chaldiran
1595 Battle of Calugareni
1813 Battle of Gassbeeren
1839 British capture Hong Kong
1864 Siege of Ft. Morgan ends
1914 Japan declares War on Germany
1940 KM Naval Trawler Dusseldorf sunk by mine off Dieppe, raised, repaired & returned to service as Flackship V-607. Destroyer HMS Hostile damaged by mine & scuttled off Cape Bon
1941 Corvette HMS Zinnia sunk by U-564 s.w. of Portugal
1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins. USS Blue, damaged the day before, is scuttled.
1943 Kharkov liberated. Finnish Minelayer Riilahti sunk by Soviet M.T.B.s. off Tiiskeri. US Subchasers SC-694 & 696 bombed/sunk off Palermo
1944 Marseille liberated. IJN Destroyer Azakaze sunk by USS Haddo in Paluan Bay
1954 1st flight C-130
1958 2nd Taiwan Strait Crisis begins
 
Aug 24
49 B.C. Battle of Bagradas River
410 Visigoths sack Rome
455 Vandals sack Rome
1185 Normans sack Thessalonica
1482 English capture Berwick upon Tweed
1812 Siege of Cadiz ends, began Feb 5, 1810
1814 British capture Washington, D.C., Washington Navy Yard & US Warships burned to prevent capture
1940 Sloop HMS Penzance sunk by U-37 s.w. of Iceland. Minesweeper USS Peacock sunk in collision with SS Hindanger off Cartegena, Colombia
1941 Soviet Destroyer Engels sunk by mine n.e. of Cape Juminda, Estonia. R.N. Trawler/Minesweeper Kos XVI sunk in collision with HMS Walney off Hull
1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons begins: IJN Carrier Ryujo sunk
1943 Soviet Minesweeper Shkval sunk in Black Sea off Cape Kodor. U-84 & 185 sunk by aircraft from USS Core
1944 Sub USS Harder sunk by Siamese Destroyer Pra Ruang off Caiman Point. U-354 sunk in Barents Sea by R.N. ships
1945 USCG Lighthouse Tender Magnolia sunk in collision with S.S. Marguerite LeHand off Mobile
 
Aug 25
1580 Battle of Alcantara
1758 Battle of Zorndorf
1864 2nd Battle of the Weldon RR ends
1920 Battle of Warsaw ends
1941 British & Soviets invade Iran: Sloop HMS Yarra destroys Iranian Sloop Babr, captures Gunboats Charogh & Simorgh, & Navy Tug Neyrou. Sloop HMS Shorham sinks Sloop Palang. Soviet Minesweeper Dvina sunk by U-752 in the Arctic Sea off Syvatoy Nos. U-452 sunk by RAF Catalina & HMS Visenda south of Iceland
1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons ends: IJN Destroyer Mutsuki sunk by B-17s. Battle of Milne Bay begins
1944 Paris liberated. KM Sperrbrecher 14 sunk as blockship in the Gerande. IJN Destroyer Yunagi sunk by sub USS Picuda north of Cape Bojeador, Luzon
1991 Siege of Vukovar begins
 
Aug 26
1071 Battle of Manzikert
1278 Battle of Marchfield
1346 Battle of Crecy
1444 Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs
1813 Battle of Katzbach
1814 Battle of Les Tres Acequias
1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas begins
1914 Battle of Le Cateau. British & French invade Togoland
1942 Fleet Auxillary Cargo ship Thelma sunk by U-162 in the Atlantic
1944 IJN Destroyer Samidare sunk by USS Batfish
1999 2nd Chechnia War begins
 
Aug 27
410 Sack of Rome ends
1776 Battle of Long Island
1798 Battle of Castlebar
1810 Battle of Grand Port, Madagascar ends
1813 Battle of Dresden ends
1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War: World's shortest War, 45 minutes!
1916 Romania declares War on Austria-Hungary
1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales, only WWI battle on US soil
1922 Turks capture Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks
1939 1st flight He-178, 1st jet aircraft
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Skudd III bombed/sunk at Tobruk
1943 Japanese evacuate New Georgia. Sloop HMS Egret sunk by a Do-217 using a Henschel 293 glide bomb off Portugal. U847 sunk by aircraft from USS Card
1944 Minesweepers HMS Salamander, Hussar, and Britomart are attacked by RAF Typhoons off La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer. Salamander is ruled a constructive total loss & the other two are scuttled
 
Aug 28
489 Battle of Isonzo
663 Battle of Buekgang begins
1189 Siege of Acre begins, ends July 12, 1191
1521 Ottomans occupy Belgrade
1542 Battle of Wofla
1640 Battle of Newburn
1810 Battle of Grand Port ends
1849 Austria captures Venice
1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet begins
1867 US occupys Midway
1914 Battle of the Heligoland Bight. Germans capture Namur.
1916 Germany declares War on Romania, & Tialy on Germany
1941 Soviets evacuate Tallinn
1944 Toulon & Marseille liberated
 
Aug 29
1350 naval Battle of Winchelsea
1526 Battle of Mohacs
1541 Ottomans capture Buda
1756 Prussia attacks Saxony
1778 Battle of Quaker Hill
1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet ends
1863 CS Army sub H L Hunley sinks in Charleston harbor, drowning some of her crew
1940 IJN sub I-67 sinks during an excersize
1941 U-570 captured & grounded on Iceland to prevent sinking. Repaired & returned to service as HMS Graph, only sub to serve in the KM & R.N.
1942 IJN sub I-123 sunk by Destroyer USS Gamble. Sub RO-33 sunk by Destroyer HMAS Arunta Off Port Moresby, P.N.G.
1943 Operation Safari: Germans disarm the Danish Army & try to sieze the Danish Fleet
 
Aug 30
1363 naval Battle of Lake Poyang
1791 Frigate HMS Pandora sinks after grounding on the Great Barrier Reef the day before
1799 A Dutch fleet surrenders to the British w/o a fight
1813 Battle of Kulm ends. Ft. Mims Massacre
1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas ends. Battle of Richmond, Ky
1914 Battle of Tannenberg ends
1922 Battle of Dumlupinar ends
1941 Soviet Patrol Boat MO-202 sunk by German field artillery in the Baltic Sea
1942 Battle of Alam Halfa begins. Destroyer-Transport USS Colhoun bombed/sunk off Guadalcanal
1945 Hong Kong liberated
 
Aug 31
1795 British capture Trincomalee from the Dutch
1813 British/Portugese capture Donostia. Battle of San Marcial
1864 Battle of Jonesboro, Ga. begins
1920 Battle of Komarow
1940 Destroyers HMS Express & Ivanhoe damaged, & HMS Esk sunk by mines off Texel. French Naval Trawler Vivagel sunk by mine off Royan
1941 Battle of Loznica
1942 Ro-61 sunk by Destroyer USS Reid off Alaska
1944 3 day Carrier Raid on Iwo Jima begins. IJN Minelayer Shirataka sunk by USS Sealion in the Bashi Channel
 
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Sept 1
1644 Battle of Tippermuir
1781 USS Wasp captures HMS Avon
1862 Battle of Chantilly
1870 Battle of Sedan
1939 WWII starts: Germany invades Poland. Polish gunnery training ship Mazur bombed/sunk @ Oksywie, German planes also sink KM Torpedo Boat V1
1940 Destroyer HMS Ivanhoe, damaged by a mine the previous day, is scuttled. R.N. Launch Mesme sunk in collision with HMS Sunfish off Grangermouth. R.N.Trawler HMS Royalo sunk by mine off Pinzance
1944 US Minesweeper YMS 21 sunk by mine off Toulon
 
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