Today in Military History:
August 14

Events of Military significance on this day:
  53330,000 Vandals driven off by 16,000 Romans outside Carthage.
 1224Hubert de Burgh captured Bedford Castle after a two-month siege.
 1431Battle of Taus. Hussites defeated Bohemians.
 1598Battle of Yellow Ford. English relief force crushed by Irish rebels under the Earl of Tyrone. Worst English disaster in Ireland.
 1665Battle of Southwold Bay. English fleet under the Duke of York defeated Dutch capturing or destroying 18 ships against the loss of only one.
 1678William III of Orange, later William III of England, attacked the French and was defeated near Mons.
 1900Six nation expeditionary force fought its way into Peking relieving besieged legations during the Boxer Rebellion.
 1945VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II.


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