Today in Military History:
October 24
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1812 | Battle of Malo-Jaroslawetz. Napoleon's stepson, Eugene de Beauharnais, held off determined Russian attack, but Napoleon was forced to change his line of retreat. |
| | 1877 | Battle of Gorni-Dubnik. Taking heavy casualties, Russians storm Turkish defenses capturing Acmet Hefzi Pasha. |
| | 1918 | Italians defeat Astro-Hungarians at Battle of Vittorio. |
| | 1941 | Germans capture Soviet city of Kharkov. |
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