This day in military history..

July 24
1132 Battle of Nocera
1148 Siege of Damascus begins
1411 Battle of Harlaw
1813 Sailing Master Elijah Mix attempts to sink HMS Plantagenet with a (spar?) torpedo off Cape Henry, Va.
1861 Battle of Tyler Mountain, Va
1863 Union troops battle Indians in Dakota Territory near where Bismarck is today
1864 2nd Battle of Kernstown
1910 Ottomans capture Shkoder
1940 R.N. Trawlers bombed/sunk..HMS Fleming in the Thames Estuary, HMS Kingston Galena & Rodino off Dover. French Troopship Meknes sunk by E-Boat S-27 in the English Channel
1942 U-90 sunk by Destroyer HMCS St. Croix
1944 Battle of Tinian begins
1945 IJN Carrier Amagi & Cruiser Aoba sunk at Kobe. Minesweeper HMS Squirrel damaged by mine & scuttled off Phuket, Siam. Destroyer Escort USS Underhill sunk by Kaiten manned torpedo
1977 Libyan-Egyptian War ends
2001 Bandaranaike Airport attack, Sri Lanka
 
July 25
1139 Battle of Ourique
1261 Nicaeans recapture Constantinople
1759 British capture Ft. Niagra & the French abandon Ft. Rouille
1797 Battle of Abu Qir
1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane, Ontario
1861 Battle of ft. Fillmore, New Mexico Territory begins
1863 Siege of Battery Wagner begins
1898 US invades Puerto Rico
1915 RFC Capt. Lanoe Hawker becomes the 1st British aviator to win the Victoria Cross for shooting down 3 German observation planes in one day.
1920 French capture Damascus
1940 KM Torpedo Boat Luchs sunk by sub HMS Thames off Norway.
1941 Italian Patrol Ship B 247 sunk by sub HMS Tetrarch off Gaidero Island, Greece
1942 R.N. Trawler HMS Laertes sunk by U-201 off Freetown, Sierra Leone. US Army Transport Tjinegara sunk by I-169 s.w. of Noumea
1993 Israel invades Lebanon
 
July 26
657 Battle of Siffin begins
811 Battle of Pliska
1469 Battle of Edgecote Moor
1758 Siege of Louisbourg ends
1812 USS Essex captures HMS Leander
1822 Battle of Dervenakia begins
1861 Battle of Ft. Fillmore ends
1897 Siege of Makaland begins
1937 Battle of Brunete begins
1940 KM Minesweepers M-61, 89, & 136 are sunk by mines off Hoek Van Holland, Neth.
1941 Soviet Gunboat MO-239 sunk by Finnish Gunboat Uusimaa off Bengtskar, Finland. Italian PT boats MAS 451 & 452 sunk by RAF at Malta.
1942 CAM equipped SS Empire Rainbow sunk by U-607
1944 I-29 sunk by USS Sawfish in the Balintang Channel. Sub USS Robalo sunk by mine off Palawan
1953 Cuban Revolution begins
1954 Fighters from USS Philippine Sea shoot down 2 Red Chinese fighters that fired on them while providing air cover for rescue operations after a Chinese fighter shot down a British airliner
 
July 27
1054 The Earl of Northumbria defeats McBeth
1214 Battle of Bovines
1302 Battle of Bapheus
1689 Battle of Killiecrankie
1720 naval Battle of Grengam
1778 1st naval Battle of Ushant
1880 Battle of Maiwand
1940 Spanish sub C-4 sunk in collision with Spanish Destroyer Lepanto. Destroyer HMS Codrington bombed at Dover, declared total loss & Destroyer HMS Wren bombed/sunk off Aldeburgh
1941 Japan occupies French Indochina. Soviet Destroyer Smelyi sunk by E Boat S-54 in Gulf of Riga
1942 1st Battle of El Alamein ends
1943 IJN Minelayer Hirashima sunk by USS Sawfish in the East China Sea and I-168 sunk by sub USS Scamp in Steffen Strait
1944 R.N. Trawler HMS Maaloy sunk by U-510 off Ceylon
1945 IJN Battleship Hyuga bombed/sunk at Kure
1953 Korean War ends
 
july 28
1364 Battle of Cascina
1809 Battle of Talavera begins
1822 Battle of Dervenakia ends
1864 Battle of Ezra Church
1914 Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia, WWI begins
1915 US sailors & Marines land in Haiti to restore order
1935 1st flight B-17
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Staunton sunk by mine in Thames Estuary
1941 R.N. Lighter A 8 bombed/sunk off Bardia
1943 Operation Gomorrah: RAF starts a firestorm in Hamburg
1945 Destroyer USS Callaghan sunk by Kamakaze off Okinawa, last US warship sunk by Kamakazes. IJN Battleship Haruna bombed/sunk @ Kure, Battleship Ise bombed/sunk @ Hiroshima, Cruiser Oyoda bombed/damaged @ Kure, capsizes @ Hiroshima while being beached after being towed from Kure. Carrier Amagi, reported sunk on the 24th, is bombed again & capsizes at Kure.
 
July 29
904 Sack of Thessalonica begins
1014 Battle of Kleidon
1030 Battle of Stiklestad
1588 naval Battle of Gravelines(defeat of the Spanish Armada)
1693 Battle of Landen
1846 Sailors & Marines from USS Cyclops capture San Diego
1940 Destroyer HMS Delight bombed/damaged at Portland, Armed Yacht HMS Gulzar bombed/sunk at Dover
1941 Soviet Minesweeper T-201 Zaryad sunk off Ristna Lighthouse, Estonia
1967 Fire onboard USS Forrestal kills 134 & wounds 160.
 
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July 30
1635 Siege of Schenkenschans begins
1656 Battle of Warsaw ends
1864 Siege of Petersburg: Battle of the Crater
1916 Black Tom Island munitions Disaster
1941 Sub HMS Cachalot rammed/sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Generale Achille Papa. Destroyer HMS Delight, damaged by bombs the day before, sinks at Portland. River Gunboat USS Tutuila is bombed/damaged at Chunking. Soviet sub S-6 is bombed/sunk off Saaremaa, Estonia
1943 U-43 sunk by aircraft from USS Santee in the Atlantic, U-504 sunk by R.N. ships in the Bay of Biscay
1944 US Army troops land at Cape Opmari, New Guinea. US Minesweepers YMS 304 & 378 sunk by mines off Normandy
1945 IJN Destroyer Hatsushimo sunk by mine in Miyazu Bay. USS Indianapolis sunk by I-58 in the Philippine Sea, a large portion of the 880 men who died died from exposure & dehydration after the Cruisers sinking went unnoticed for many days
 
July 31
30 B.C. Battle of Alexandria
904 Arabs capture Thessolonica
1423 Battle of Crevant
1655 Russians capture Vilnius
1741 Bavaria invades Bohemia & Upper Austria
1763 Battle of Bloody Run
1862 Battle of Coggin's Point
1874 USS Intrepid Commissioned, 1st US warship armed with modern torpedoes
1941 Soviet sub M-94 sunk off Ristna, Estonia &Minesweeper #46 sunk off Tallin
1942 U-213 sunk off the Azores by R.N. ships. USS Grunion sunk off Kiska, Ak, Unkown cause but possibly by Japanese fire, or own torpedo malfuntion, or by I-26
1944 U-333 sunk by R.N. ships west of the Isles of Scilly
 
Aug. 1
30 B.C. Octavian captures Alexandria
902 Arabs capture Taormina
1664 Battle of Saint Gotthard
1759 Battle of Minden
1798 Battle of the Nile
1801 USS Enterprise defeats/captures Tripolitian ship "Tripoli"
1914 Germany declares War on Russia
1921 Norden Bombsight successfully tested
1927 Battle of Nanching
1940 Sub HMS Oswald rammed/sunk by Italian Destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi in the Strait of Messina, & HMS Spearfish sunk by U-34 n.w. of Aberdeen
1944 Warsaw Uprising begins
 
Aug 2
338 B.C. Battle of Chaeronea
216 B.C. Battle of Cannae
1377 Battle of Pyana River
1798 Battle of the Nile ends
1861 Union troops evacuate Ft. Stanton, New Mexico Territory
1865 CSS Shenandoah learns the Civil War is over, she disarms & sails of the U.K., arriving in Nov.
1897 Siege of Malakand ends
1916 Italian Battleship Leonardo Da Vinci sunk by an explosion @ Toranto
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Cape Finesterre bombed/sunk off Harwich
1941 Soviet sub S-11 sunk by mine in the Soela Strait. Italian sub Tembian rammed/sunk by Cruiser HMS Hermione off Tunis
1943 PT-109 rammed/sunk by IJN Destroyer Amagiri
1944 Destroyer Escort USS Fisk sunk by U-804 north of the Azores
1964 Tonkin Gulf Incident, Pt. 1
1990 Iraq invades Kuwait, the Gulf War begins
 
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Aug 3
8 Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bathinus
881 Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu
1601 Battle of Goroszlo
1645 2nd Battle of Nordlingen
1804 US Squardon engages Tripolitan ships & forts
1914 Germany declares War on France
1940 Italy invades British Somaliland KM Sub Chaser UJ-25 sunk by mine off Ameland, Neth. & U-25 sunk by mine off Tercheling, Neth.
1941 U-401 sunk by R.N. ships south of Iceland
1943 Italian sub Argento sunk by Destroyer USS Buck.
 
Aug 4
1265 Battle of Evesham
1327 Weardale Raid
1578 Battle of Alcacer Quibir
1704 English/Dutch fleet captures Gibraltar
1790 US Revenue Cutter Service, forerunner of the USCG, is Est.
1796 Battle of Lonato
1846 Sailors & Marines from USS Congress capture Santa Barbara
1914 Germany invades Belgium. U.K. declares War on Germany
1940 The following R.N. Trawlers were sunk by mines, HMS Drummer off Brightlingsea, HMS Marsona in the Moray Firth off Cromarty, & HMS Oswaldian near the Brooksea Lightship in the Bristol Channel.
1942 Destroyer USS Tucker sunk by mine off Espiritu Santos
1943 Destroyer HMS Arrow severly damaged & burned by the explosion of SS Fort La Montee at Algiers, not repaired.
1944 IJN Destroyer Matsu damaged by aireal torpedo & finished off by 3 US Destroyers n.w. of Chichi Jima. Carrier attacks on Iwo Jima begin.
 
Aug 5

641 Battle of Maserfield
910 Battle of Tettenhall
1068 Siege of Bari begins (ends 4/15/1071)
1388 Battle of Otterburn
1689 Mohawks burn Lachine, New France
1716 Battle of Petrovavadin
1763 Battle of Bushy Run begins
1781 naval Battle of Dogger Bank
1824 naval Battle of Samos
1862 Battle of Baton Rouge
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay
1914 German Minelayer Koningin Luise sunk by HMS Amphion after laying mines off Lowestoft
1916 Battle of Romani ends
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS River Clyde sunk by mine off Aldeburgh. U-34 sunk in collision with KM Tender Lech at Memel.
1943 Gunboat USS Plymouth sunk by U-566 off N. Carolina. R.N. Trawler HMS Red Gauntlet sunk with all hands by E Boat S-86 off Harwich
1944 Cowre, Australia POW Camp break out
1964 Operation Pierce Arrow
1965 Indo-Pakistani War begins
1967 Operation Coronado III begins
 
Aug 6
1248 naval Battle of Melora
1506 Battle of Kletsk
1763 Battle of Bushy Run ends
1777 Battle of Oriskany
1862 CSS Arkansas suffers catastrophic engine failure as she approaches the US fleet @ Baton Rouge & is scuttled to prevent capture.
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay: Ft. Powell is evacuated & blown up.
1870 Battle of Worth
1914 Serbia declares War on Germany, & Austria on Russia. 1st Battle of the Atlantic begins as U-Boats deploy.
1915 Battle of Sari Bair begins
1917 Battle of Marasesti begins
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Agate lost by grounding on Haisborough Sand. Soviet Anti-sub Trawler Kapitan Voronin sunk off Cape Teriberka
1942 U-210 rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMCS Assiniboine
1944 Operation Kenetic: R.N. sinks Cargo ship Otto, Cable layer V-1594 Hoheweg, Flackship V-414, Minesweepers M-262 & M-486, damage Minesweeper M-304 & Flackship Richthoven. R.N. sinks Escort Ship SG-3
1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing. Sub USS Bullhead sunk by Japanese Army aircraft off Bali, last US Warship sunk by direct enemy action in WWII.
 
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Aug 7
1427 naval Battle of the River Po
1714 naval Battle of Gangut
1789 US War Dept est.
1819 Battle of Boyaca
1861 CS troops evacuate Ft. Fillmore, New Mexico Territory
1940 Egyptian Troopship Mohamid Ali El-Kebir, chartered by the R.N., is sunk by U-38 west of Ireland. KM Sub Chaser V-1501 sunk by a mine off Fredrikshaven, Denmark, raised, repaired & returned to service.
1941 R.N. Minesweeper MMS-39 sunk by mine in Thames Estuary
1942 US invades Guadalcanal & Tulagi. IJN Net Tender Shofaka sunk by sub USS Tambor near Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands. Sub HMS Thorn sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Pegaso off Crete
1943 Battle of Vella Gulf: IJN Destroyers Arashi, Hagikaze & Kowakazi sunk by US Destroyers. Cruiser Nagara sunk by USS Croaker in East China Sea. U-117 sunk by aircraft from USS Card.
 
Aug 8
1813 Gunboats USS Hamilton & Scourge are sunk on Lake Ontario by a sudden storm at night.
1918 Battle of Amiens begins
1941 Soviet Destroyer Karl Marx bombed/sunk in Loksa Bay. Patrol Ship SKR-12 sunk by KM Destroyers off Kilden Island
1942 Attack Transport USS George F Elliott bombed, scuttled, off Guadalcanal
1944 Corvette HMCS Regina sunk by U-667 off Trevose Head
1946 1st flight B-36
 
Aug 9
48 B.C. Battle of Pharsalus
378 Battle of Adrianople
1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay: Siege of Ft. Morgan begins
1942 Battle of Savo Island: Cruisers HMAS Canberra, USS Astoria, Quincy & Vincennes sunk, Cruiser Chicago & Destroyers Patterson & Ralph Talbot damaged. Destroyer USS Jarvis bombed/sunk with all hands south of Guadalcanal
1943 U-664 sunk by aircraft from USS Card
1944 Vyborg-Pertozavodsk Offensive ends
1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing. Soviet Union declares War on Japan & invades Manchuria
 
Aug 10
955 Battle of Lechfeld
1316 2nd Battle of Athenry
1512 naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu
1557 Battle of Saint-Quintin
1628 Swedish "Vasa" sinks in Stockholm Harbor
1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek
1904 Battle of the Yellow Sea
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Transylvania sunk by U-56 off Malin Head, Ireland
1941 U-144 sunk bu Soviet sub Shch-307 off Hiiumaa, Estonia. Soviet Patrol Ship Zhemchung sunk by U-451 in the White Sea
1942 IJN Cruiser Kako sunk by US sub S-44 70 miles south of Kaeving, New Ireland while returning to Base from the Battle of Savo Island
1943 US LST-318 bombed/sunk off Caronia, Sicily
1944 Battle of Guam ends. Battle of Narva ends. KM Accommodation Ship Lindau burned/blown up to prevent capture in the Loire River. Minesweeper S-16 bombed/damaged off Norway. U-608 sunk by B-24 & HMS Wren in Bay of Biscay
 
Aug 11
1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor ends
1675 Battle of Konzer Bruke
1812 Battle of Majadahonda
1898 US occupys Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
1942 Carrier HMS Eagle sunk by U-73 south of Cape Salinas, Majorca
1943 U-525 sunk by aircraft from USS Card. U-604 damaged by USS Moffett & scuttled north of Trinidad.
1944 KM Minesweeper S-16, bombed/damaged the day before, sinks. She is raised in 1946, repaired & put in Norwiegan service in 1949. U-308 sunk by a Sunderland & HMS Starling in Bay of Biscay. U-967 scuttled at Toulon
 
Aug 12
1099 Battle of Ascalon
1121 Battle of Didgori
1164 Battle of Harim
1499 1st naval Battle of Lepanto, pt. 1
1687 2nd Battle of Mohacs
1806 Spanish recapture Buenos Aires from the British
1914 U.K. declares War on Austria-Hungary. Battle of Haelen
1940 R.N. Trawlers HMS Pyrope & Tamarisk sunk by mines off Margate
1941 R.N. Lighter A-14 sunk by mine off Tobruk. R.N. Trawler HMS Express sunk by mine off Whitstable. Corvette HMS Picotee sunk with all hands by U-586 south of Iceland
1942 Cruiser USS Cleveland tests proximity fuzes, downing 3 drones. Italian sub Axum sinks Cruiser HMS Cairo & damages Cruiser HMS Nigeria & oil tanker S.S. Ohio with a single spread of 4 torpedos north of Bizerta
1943 Swedish sub Illern sunk in collision with M.V. Birkaland in Kalimar Strait.
1944 USN Lt. Joseph Kennedy Jr. & his co-pilot are killed when their PB4Y flying bomb explodes prematurely after takeoff. U-198 sunk by HMS Findhorn & HMIS Godavari off the Seychelles.
2000 Soviet sub Kursk sinks
 
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