Today in Military History:
December 3
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1621 | Galileo invents the telescope. |
| | 1810 | Battle of Mauritius. Combined British naval-land operation captured island of Mauritius including 17 French warships and 24 merchantmen. |
| | 1812 | Napoleon's retreat from Russia is over. From an initial force of 525,000 men and 1,400 guns, Napoleon managed to salvage a little over 25,000 men and 200 cannons. The rest succumbed to General Winter. |
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