Today in Military History:
May 12
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1780 | Second Battle of Charleston. Americans surrender to British. Greatest British victory of Revolutionary War. |
| | 1809 | Battle of Oporto. Outnumbered two to one, Wellesly crossed the Douro and drove the French from Oporto, incurring only slight losses. |
| | 1915 | South Africans capture Windhoek, capital of German south-west Africa. |
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