Today in Military History:
July 26
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 711 | Battle of Xeres. First major victory for Muslims in their conquest of Spain. |
| | 1469 | Battle of Banbury during the Wars of the Roses in England. |
| | 1759 | French withdraw from Fort Ticonderoga blowing up their magazine on the way out. |
| | 1953 | With 166 men, Fidel and Raul Castro capture Moncado Fortress. Short of weapons and ammunition, the rebels withdrew, and the Castros were imprisoned. |
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