Today in Military History:
June 16

Events of Military significance on this day:
 1674Battle of Sinsheim. French crossed the Rhine and defeated an Austrian army of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.
 1775the Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill).
 1815Battle of Quatre Bras. British hold off French attack.
 1815Battle of Ligny. Napoleon defeats Blucher's Prussians, but not decisively.
 196618 men hold Hill 488 four days against strong North Vietnamese attacks. Most highly decorated small unit in American Military History.


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