Today in Military History:
September 5
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1781 | Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the British rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown. |
| | 1800 | French surrender Valetta on the island of Malta after a two-year siege. |
| | 1812 | First day of Battle of Borodino. |
| | 1914 | Allies halt German advance on Paris at First Battle of the Marne. |
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