Today in Military History:
October 7

Events of Military significance on this day:
 1571Battle of Lepanto II. Last great battle of oared warships. Christian victory over Turks.
 1777Americans under General Benedict Arnold rout British forces at the Battle of Bemis Heights.
 1780Battle of Kings Mountain. Tory raid through the mountains of western Carolina and eastern Tennessee resoundingly defeated by American frontiersmen.
 1870Battle of Bellevue. French attempt and fail to escape from the besieged fortress of Metz.


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