This day in military history..

19 Aug
1153 Siege of Ascalon ends
1504 Battle of Knockdoe
1666 "Holmes' Bonfire" begins
1759 naval Battle of Lagos ends
1782 Battle of Blue Licks
1812 HMS Guerriere captured/burned by USS Constitution
1940 1st flight B-25
1941 Whaler HMS Thorbyn bombed/sunk, and LCT 12 sunk, off Tripoli. Norwegian Destroyer Bath sunk by U-204 south west of Ireland
1942 Dieppe Raid: KM Sub Chaser UJ-1404 shelled/sunk. Destroyer HMS Bereley bombed/sunk. R.N. LCT 121, 122, 126, 145, 159 lost/abandoned.
1943 Aux sub Chaser CHa-109 sunk by USS Finback off east coast of Celebes
1944 U-123 scuttled at Lorient, raised, repaired, put in French Navy service as Blaison. U-466 scuttled at Toulon after previous damage. V-6102 sunk by a sub off Vardo, Norway. KM Minesweeper R-218 sunk in La Manche. E Boats S-26 and S 40 sunk in air attacks. S-57 sunk by R.N. MTBs in the Adriatic. Sub I-17 sunk by HMNZS Tui and a Kingfisher off New Caledonia. IJA Landing Craft Depot Ship Tomatsu Maru sunk by USS Spadefish west of Luzon.
1981 1st Gulf of Sidra Incident
2002 Russian Mi-26 shot down near Grozny
2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom ends
 
August 20
636 Battle of Yarmouk ends
917 Battle of Achelous
1467 2nd Battle of Olmedo
1666 Holme's Bonfire ends
1707 1st Siege of Pensacola ends
1710 Battle of Saragossa
1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers
1847 Battle of Churubusco. battle of contreres ends
1862 Battle of Brandy Station
1914 Germans capture Brussels. Battle of Gumbinnen
1940 U-51 sunk by HMS Cachalot in Bay of Biscay. Trawler HMS Resparko bombed/sunk at Falmouth
1941 Trawler HMS Lorinda caught fire and sank off Freetown
1942 U-464 damaged by a USN PBY and scuttled off Iceland
1943 U-197 sunk by RAF PBY south of Madagascar. U-670 sunk in a collision with KM Target ship Bolkoburg in the Gulf of Danzig. Minesweeper R-84 sunk by British aircraft in La Manche. Aux. Gunboat Chosa Maru sunk by Dutch sub O-24 in the Strait of Molucca.
1944 2nd Jassy-Kishinev Offensive begins. U-9 bombed/sunk at Constanta, raised, repaired, put in Soviet Navy service as "TS-16". U-188 scuttled at Bordeaux. U-984 sunk by 3 RCN Destroyers west of Brest. U-188 sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers in the English Channel. U-1229 sunk by aircraft from USS Bogue in mid Atlantic. E Boat S-42 burned in shipyard during air attack, S-45 scuttled, and S-52 bombed/sunk, at Constanta. S-131 lost in an air attack. Frigate SG-17 scuttled west of Marseilles.
1968 Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslavakia
1981 Iran-Iraq War ends
 
August 21
1140 Battle of Vancheng
1680 Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe
1689 Battle of Dunkeld
1778 Siege of Pondicherry begins
1808 Battle of Vimeiro
1863 Lawrence, Ks Raid
1864 2nd Battle of the Weldon Railroad ends
1914 Battle of Charleroi
1918 2nd Battle of the Somme begins
1941 KM Gunboat SAT-1 "Ost" sunk by Soviet Destroyers Artem and Surovyi in the Baltic, later salvaged.
1942 Battle of the Tenaru
1944 Corvette HMCS Alberni sunk by U-480 off the Isle of Wight. R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launch 1179 sank in a storm off Jamaica. Sloop HMS Kite sunk by U-344 in the Barents Sea. Corvette HMS Orchis strikes a mine and is beached off Juno Beach, Normandy, declared a Total Loss. U-230 ran aground near Toulon and is scuttled. KM Minesweeper M-292 bombed/sunk in the Geronde Estuary. Training ship Viper scuttled at Bayonne
 
22 August
851 Battle of Jengland
1138 Battle of the standard
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field
1711 7 R.N. Transports and 1 supply ship run aground and sink in the St. Lawrence River, ending a move on Quebec
1717 Spain invades Sardinia
1777 Siege of Ft. Stanwix ends
1864 Mobile Bay Campaign: Siege of Ft. Morgan ends
1940 Italian sub Iride and Sub Tender Monte Gargano sunk by Swordfish aircraft off Libya
1941 Net Layer HMS Tonbridge bombed/sunk off Yarmouth
1942 Brazil declares War on Germany and Italy. Destroyer USS Ingraham sunk in a collision with Oiler USS Chemung off Nova Scotia. Destroyer USS Blue torpedoed by Kawakaze off Savo Island, scuttled the next day. U-458 sunk by Destroyers HMS Easten and Greek Pindos south east of Pantelleria. U-654 sunk by a B-18 north of Panama. Italian Torpedo Boat Generale Antonio Cantore sunk by mine off Libya
1944 Frigate Hibure and Matsue sunk by Sub USS Harder and Frigate Sado sunk by sub USS Hado, all off Bataan. Frigate HMS Bickerton damaged by U-354 and scuttled in the Barents Sea, also Escort Carrier HMS Nabob was damaged and not repaired (until after the war as a merchant ship). Minesweeper HMS Loyalty sunk by U-480 off the Isle of Wight. R.N. MTB 243 expended as a target in the Med. U-344 sunk by Swordfish from HMS Vindex in the Barents Sea. KM Patrol Ships V-702, 717, 720, 729, and 730 sunk by Cruiser HMS Mauritius off Audierne Bay, France. Minesweeper R-51 scuttled at Rouen. E Boat S-148 sunk by mine. Frigate SG-16 scuttled at Marseilles.
1945 Destroyer Asagao mined/beached/abandoned in the Kunman Strait.
 
Aug 23
1268 Battle of Tagliacozo
1328 Battle of Cassel
1382 siege of Moscow begins
1514 Battle of Chaldiran
1595 Battle of Calugareni
1600 Battle of Gifu Castle
1655 Battle of Sobata
1813 Battle of Gassbeeren
1839 British capture Hong Kong
1864 Siege of Ft. Morgan ends
1914 Japan declares War on Germany. Battle of Mons
1923 1st inflight refueling
1940 KM Naval Trawler Dusseldorf sunk by mine off Dieppe, raised, repaired & returned to service as Flackship V-607. Destroyer HMS Hostile damaged by mine & scuttled off Cape Bon
1941 Corvette HMS Zinnia sunk by U-564 south west of Portugal. Soviet Minesweeper T-204 sunk by mine west of Kronstadt.
1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins. USS Blue, damaged the day before, is scuttled.
1943 4th Battle of Kharkov ends, Kharkov liberated. Finnish Minelayer Riilahti sunk by Soviet M.T.B.s. off Tiiskeri. US Sub Chasers SC-694 & 696 bombed/sunk off Palermo. Coastal Minesweeper USS Crow sunk by aerial torpedo while towing a target in Puget Sound.
1944 Romania switches sides and joins Allies. Marseille liberated. KM Minesweeper M-344 scuttled at Rochefort. E Boat S-72 sunk in an air attack. U-180 sunk in Bay of Biscay. Patrol Ships V-702, 717, 720, 729, and 730 sunk by Cruiser HMS Mauritius off France. IJN Destroyer Azakaze sunk by USS Haddo in Paluan Bay. Midget subs Ha-65 and 73 sank while under tow during a Typhoon.
1945 Battle of Shumshu ends
1954 1st flight C-130
1958 2nd Taiwan Strait Crisis begins
 
August 24
49 B.C. Battle of Bagrudas River
410 Sack of Rome begins
1185 Sack of Thessalonica ends
1482 English capture Berwick-upon-Tweed
1516 Battle of Marj Dabiq
1781 Lochry's defeat
1812 Siege of Cadiz ends, began Feb 5, 1810
1814 Battle of Bladensburg. Washington Navy Yard and Frigate USS Columbia and Sloop USS Argus burned to prevent capture. British occupy Washington, D.C.
1914 Battle of Cer ends
1940 Sloop HMS Penzance sunk by U-37 south west of Iceland. Minesweeper USS Peacock sunk in a collision off Cartegena, Colombia
1941 Soviet Destroyer Engels sunk by mine north east of Cape Juminda, Estonia. Norwegian Aux. minesweeper KOS XVI rammed/sunk by HMS Walney off Hull.
1942 R.N. Motor Launch ML 103 sunk by mine in Dover Strait. Battle of the Eastern Solomons begins: Carrier Ryujo sunk. Soviet guard ship Burya and Minesweeper T-204 sunk by mines in the Baltic
1943 U-134 sunk by RAF Wellington near Vigo, Spain. U-185 sunk by aircraft from USS Core. Soviet Minesweeper Shkyal sunk by U-23 off Cape Kodar in the Black Sea.
1944 KM Torpedo Boat T-24 bombed/sunk off France. U-354 sunk by 4 R.N. ships in the Barents Sea. U-445 sunk by Frigate HMS Louis west of St. Nazaire. Minesweeper R-219 sunk off Cape Antifer by surface ships. frigate SG-17 sunk by aircraft south of CapriSub USS Harder sunk by Frigate CD-22 off Dascol Bay.
1945 IJN Patrol Boat No. 104 sunk by mine in the Shimenoseki Strait.
 
Aug 25
1580 Battle of Alcantara
1630 Battle of Randeniwela
1758 Battle of Zorndorf
1864 2nd Battle of Reams Station
1920 Battle of Warsaw ends
1941 U-452 sunk by Trawler HMS Vascana and a British PBY south east of Iceland. Soviet Minesweeper T-898 and Naval trawler Dvina sunk by U-752 in the Barents Sea. Iran invaded by UK and Soviet Union: Iranian Gunboat Babr sunk by HMAS Yarra at Khorramshar. Iraninan Gunboat Palang sunk by HMS Shoreham at Abadan
1942 Battle of Milne Bay begins. KM Minelayer Ulm sunk by R.N. Destroyers south east of Bear Island. Aux. gunboat Senyo Maru sunk by USS Growler off Formosa. Battle of the Eastern Solomons ends: Armed Merchant Cruiser Kenryu Maru bombed/sunk by US Navy aircraft and Destroyer Mutsuki bombed/sunk by B-17s while assisting Kenryu Maru.
1943 U-523 sunk by Destroyer HMS Wanderer and Corvette HMS Wallflower west of Vigo, Spain. RO-35 sunk by Destroyer USS Patterson in the Coral Sea
1944 Paris liberated. Destroyer Yunagi sunk by sub USS Picuda north east of Luzon. KM Destroyer Z-24 bombed/sunk off Le Verdan, France. Minesweepers M-262, 304, 344, 363, and M-463, U-178 scuttled at Bordeaux. M-266 bombed/sunk at Kiel. Minesweepers R-203, 205, E Boats S-28, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, U-18, 24 all scuttled at Constanta. S-91 sunk by surface ships. S-149 sunk by aircraft. M-347 sunk by aircraft off Engelsmanplaat, Netherlands. Sperrbrecher 14 sunk as blockship in the Geronde. U-667 sunk by mine near La Rochelle. R.N. LCT 1074 sunk by U-764 in the English Channel. Soviet survey ship KKO-2 sunk by U-242 in Gulf of Finland.
1991 Siege of Vukovar begins
 
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27 August
410 Sack of Rome ends
1776 Battle of Long Island
1798 Battle of Castlebar
1810 naval Battle of Grand Port ends
1813 Battle of Dresden ends
1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War begins and ends, World's shortest War at 45 minutes
1914 Battle of Etreux
1916 Romania declares War on Austria-Hungary
1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales, only WWI battle fought on US soil
1922 Ottomans capture Afyonkarisar
1939 1st flight He-178, 1st jet to fly
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Dunvegan Castle damaged by U-45, sinks next day. Armed Yacht HMS White Fox II burns.
1941 U-570 captured south of Iceland, put in R.N. service as HMS Graph. Whaler HMS Skudd III bombed/sunk at Tobruk.
1942 KM Aux. Minelayer Cobra sunk by aircraft at Schiedam
1943 Japanese evacuate New Georgia. US LCT-319 wrecked off Kiska. Sloop HMS Egret sunk by glide bomb in Bay of Biscay. U-847 sunk by aircraft from USS Card.
1944 Minesweepers HMS Britomart and Hussar bombed/sunk, and HMS Salamander bombed/damaged beyond repair, by RAF Typhoons in the English Channel. Vichy French Battleship Clemenceau bombed/sunk at Brest. US LST-327 damaged beyond repair by U-92 in the English Channel. KM Minesweeper R-38 sunk by mine off Paros.
 
28 August
489 Battle of Isonzo
663 Battle of Baekgang
1189 Siege of Acre begins, ends July 12, 1191
1521 Ottomans capture Belgrade
1542 Battle of Wofla
1640 Battle of Newburn
1648 Siege of Colchester ends
1849 Austria captures Venice
1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet begins
1914 Battle of the Heligoland Bight
1916 Germany declares War on Romania, Italy declares War on Germany
1941 Soviet Navy evacuates Tallinn losing Destroyers Artyom, Kalinin, Skory, Valodarsky, and Yakov Sverdlov, Subs ShCh-301 and S-5, on mines north of Cape Juminda, Repair Ship Serp-I-Molot bombed/beached at Suursaari
1942 U-94 bombed by USN PBY and rammed/sunk by Corvette HMCS Oakville off Haiti. Destroyer Asigiri bombed/sunk by USMC SBDs near Santa Isabel Island
1943 KM Escort SG-10 sunk by sub HMS Sickle. SG-14 bombed/sunk, both in the Med. U-639 sunk by Soviet sub S-101 in the Kara Sea.
1944 Allies capture Toulon and Marseilles: KM Escorts SG-12, 16, and 23, Aux. minelayer M-6062, scuttled at Marseilles. Sub Chaser UJ-1433 sunk by R.N. MTB 252, 254, and 256 in La Manche
 
29 August
1315 Battle of Montecatini
1350 naval Battle of Winchelsea
1526 battle of Mohacs
1778 Battle of Quaker Hill
1807 Battle of Kuge
1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet ends
1914 Battle of St. Quentin begins
1940 IJN sub I-67 founders off the Bonin Islands
1941 Soviet Patrol boat MO-109 sunk by mine off Yuminda. Captured U-570 beached on Iceland to prevent sinking, refloated, repaired and put in R.N. service as HMS Graph
1942 I-123 sunk by destroyer/minelayer USS Gamble in the Solomon Sea. RO-33 sunk by HMAS Arunta in the Coral Sea.
1943 Danish fleet scuttled.
1944 IJN Minesweeper W-28 sunk by sub USS Jack in the Celebes Sea. E Boats S-47 and 51 scuttled at Constanta.
 
30 August
1363 Battle of Lake Poyang
1791 HMS Pandora wrecked in Torres Strait
1799 Dutch Squadron mutinys/surrenders to the R.N. at Texel
1813 1st Battle of Kulm. Ft Mims Massacre
1862 2nd Battle of Manassas ends. Battle of Richmond, Ky
1896 Battle of San Juan del Monte
1914 Battle of Tannenburg ends. Battle of St. Quentin ends.
1922 Battle of Dumlupinar ends
1941 Soviet Patrol Boat MO-202 sunk by German Field Artillery off Ivanovo
1942 Battle of Alam Halfa begins. Seaplane Tender USS Casco damaged by RO-61 and beached in Nazan Bay. Refloated, repaired, returned to service. High Speed Transport USS Colhoun bombed/sunk off Guadalcanal
1943 U-634 sunk by Sloop HMS Stork and Corvette HMS Stonecrop east of The Azores. Soviet Minesweeper No. 605 sunk in Kronstadt Channel by German motor cutters.
1944 KM Minesweepers R-35, 37, 163, 164, 165, 166, 197, 196, 206, 207, 2016, and 248 scuttled at Varna, Bulgaria. R-193 sunk by aircraft off Stettin.
1995 Operation Deliberate Force begins
2003 Decommissioned Russian sub K-159 sinks under tow in the Barents Sea.
 
August 31
1795 British capture Trincomalee
1813 British/Portugese capture Donastia. Battle of San Marcial
1864 Battle of Jonesboro begins
1918 Battle of Mont St. Quentin begins
1920 Battle of Komarow
1940 1st flight Ca-331. Destroyer HMS Esk sunk by mine off Texel. Armed Yacht HMS Emelle lost, N.F.I.. French Naval Trawler Vivagel sunk by mine in Bay of Biscay
1941 Battle of Loznica
1942 RO-61 sunk by 2 USN PBYs and Destroyer USS Reid off Atka
1943 USN LCT-154 lost in Gulf of Tunis
1944 Minelayer Shirataka sunk by USS Sealion, and aux Minesweeper Hinode Maru No. 20 sunk by USS Barb, both in the Bashi Channel. U-1000 damaged by a mine off Pillau, decommissioned and scrapped
 
Sept 1
1644 Battle of Tippermoir
1814 HMS Avon sunk by USS Wasp
1862 Battle of Ox Hill
1864 Battle of Jonesboro ends. Siege of Atlanta ends, CS Evacuates Atlanta
1870 Battle of Sedan
1880 Battle of Kandahar
1939 Germany invades Poland, WWII Officially starts. Polish Gunnery Training ship Mazur bombed/sunk at Oksywie
1940 Patrol Launch HMS Mesme sunk with all hands in a collision with HMS Sunfish. Trawler HMS Royalo sunk by mine off Penzance. Italian MTB MAS 537 rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMS Ilex in the Med. Destroyer HMS Ivanhoe damaged by a mine off Texel, scuttled.
1942 U-756 sunk by Corvette HMCS Morden in Mid-Atlantic. Hans-Joachim Marseille shoots down 17 RAF fighters in a day.
1943 I-182(or possibly I-20) sunk by Destroyer USS Wadsworth
1944 Corvette HMS Hurst Castle sunk by U-482 off Tory Island, Ireland. R.N. Motor Minesweeper MMS 117 sunk by mine off Civita Vecchia, Italy. US Minesweeper YMS-21 sunk by mine off Toulon. U-247 sunk by Frigates HMCS St. John and Swansea in the English Channel. UIT-19 bombed/sunk at Pola.
1983 KAL 007 shot down by the Soviets.
 
2 Sept
31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium
1649 Papal Forces destroy Castro
1807 Bombardment of Copenhagen begins
1937 1st flight F4F Wildcat
1939 Polish Auxiliary ships Gydni and Gdansk bombed/sunk in Gulf of Gdansk
1940 KM Troopship Pionier sunk by HMS Sturgeon east of Denmark. Sub Chaser UJ-121 sunk by mine off Ostend
1942 IJN Patrol Boat PB-35 sunk by a B-17 near Santa Isabel. U-222 sunk in a collision with U-626 off Pillau.
1943 Frigate Matsure sunk by USS Snapper off Guam
1944 Soviet Minesweeper BTSC-410 Vzryu sunk by U-19 in the Black Sea. U-394 sunk by a Swordfish and 4 R.N. ships south east of Jan Mayen
1949 1st flight De Havilland Venom
1958 Soviets shoot down a USAF C-130 that strayed into Soviet airspace
 
Sept 3
36 B.C. naval Battle of Naulochus
863 Battle of Ain Jalut
1650 Battle of Dunbar
1651 Battle of Worchester
1777 Battle of Cooch's Bridge
1798 Battle of St. George's Caye begins
1863 Battle of Whitestone Hill, Dakota Territory
1864 Battle of Berryville
1925 Zeppelin USS Shenandoah crashes in a storm
1939 U.K., New Zealand, Australia, France & India declare War on Germany. Polish Milelayer Gryf, Minesweeper Mewa, Destroyer Wicher and Gunboat General Haller bombed/sunk at Hel.
1940 U-57 sunk in a collision with Norwegian SS Rona north west of Hamburg.
1942 U-162 sunk by Destroyers HMS Vimy, Pathfinder and Quentin north east of Trinidad. U-705 sunk by RAF Whitley. Troopship USS Wakefield burns at sea, beached at Halifax on Sept 8, refloated, repaired, returned to service 1944.
1943 I-20 (or possibly I-182) sunk by Destroyer USS Ellet near Espirito Santo. KM Patrol Boat UJ-1202 sunk by a sub off Norway.
1954 1st Taiwan Strait Crisis begins
 
4 Sept
1260 Battle of Montaperti
1800 French surrender Malta to the British
1804 Fireship USS Intrepid explodes prematurely off Tripoli Harbor killing the crew.
1812 Siege of Ft. Harrison begins
1886 Geronimo surrenders
1939 KM Torpedo Boats A64 and 68 scuttled off Danzig
1940 Rescue Tug HMS Saucy sunk with all hands by a mine in the Firth of Forth
1942 IJN Ammo ship Kashima sunk by USS Growler off Formosa
1943 US troops land at, and capture, Lae, New Guinea, Japanese aircraft sink USN LCI(L)-339 off Lae. IJN salvage Ship Yusho Maru damaged by mine off Surabaya, sunk by another mine next day in Makassar Strait.
1944 KM subs UIT-15, 16, and 20, Torpedo Boats TA28 and 33 bombed/sunk at Genoa
 
5 Sept.
1590 Siege of Paris ends.
1697 naval Battle of Hudson's Bay
1781 naval Battle of the Chesapeake
1812 Siege of Ft. Wayne begins
1914 1st Battle of the Marne begins
1940 KM Flackships sunk by mines: V-201 off Westerschelde, Netherlands, V-402 off Dunkirk, V-403 off Vlissingen
1942 Destroyer-Transports USS Little and Gregory sunk by 3 IJN Destroyers off Guadalcanal. E Boat S-27 torpedoed and sunk by S-72 in the Black Sea
1943 R.N. Motor Launch ML 108 sunk by mine in the English Channel. USN Trawler YP-279 sinks in a storm off Townsville, Australia. IJN Salvage Ship Yusho Maru sunk by mine in Makassar Strait. KM Minesweeper R-12 sunk by mine off Pirana
1944 KM Minesweeper M-274 scuttled off Belgium and M-276 scuttled in the Scheldt Estuary. U-362 sunk by Soviet Minesweeper T-116 in the Kara Sea. E Boat S-184 sunk by shore batteries.
 
Sept 6
394 Battle of the Frigidus
1781 Battle of Ft. Griswold
1863 Confederates evacuate Chattanooga. Siege of Battery Wagner ends.
1937 Battle of El Mazuco begins
1939 South Africa declares War on Germany. Polish Guard Ship General Haller bombed/sunk at Hel
1940 Corvette HMS Godetia sunk in a collision with SS Marsa off Northern Ireland
1941 Trawler HMS Brora wrecked in the Hebrides, and HMS Strathborve sunk by mine at the mouth of the Humber. Soviet Patrol Boats MO-404 and 407 sunk by German artillery off Estonia. KM Gunnery Training ship Bremse rammed/sunk by Cruiser HMS Nigeria in Hammerfjord. Italian anti-aircraft ship Carla sunk by Dutch sub O-24 off La Spezia.
1942 USN Patrol Boat YP-74 sunk in a collision in the Aleutians
1943 Destroyer HMS Puckeridge sunk by U-617 off Gibraltar. KM Minesweeper R-93 sunk by mine in Le Manche.
 
Sept 7
70 Siege of Jerusalem ends
1191 Battle of Arsuf
1631 Battle of Breitenfeld
1706 siege of Turin ends
1775 USS Hannah captures British supply ship Unity, 1st prize taken by the Continental Navy
1776 Sub Turtle attempts to sink Ship-of-the-Line HMS Asia in NY harbor
1778 France captures Dominica
1812 Battle of Borodino
1932 Battle of Boqueran begins
1940 Trawler HMS Abronia foundered in the River Thames. Ocean Boarding Vessels HMS Inanda & Inkosi bombed/sunk in the Royal Albert Dock. Inanda rebuilt and returned to service as SS Empire Explorer & Inkosi as SS Empire Chivalry. Armed Yacht HMS Rhodora sunk in collision with British SS Ngatira in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff. KM patrol ship Niendorf sunk by mine off Calais.
1942 Battle of Milne Bay ends. 1st flight B-32. Armed Yacht HMCS Raccoon sunk with all hands by U-165 in the Strait of Belle Isle
1943 PT 118 and 172 run aground off Vela Lavella and are scuttled. Italian sub Velella sunk by sub HMS Shakespeare off Salerno.
1944 KM Seaplane Tender Westfalen sunk by mine off Marstrand, Sweden
 
Sept 8
617 Battle of Huoyi
1380 Battle of Kulikovo
1514 Battle of Orsha
1565 Siege of Malta ends
1655 Sweden captures Warsaw
1755 Battle of Lake George. Battle of Kittanning
1760 British capture Montreal
1781 Battle of Eutaw Springs
1793 Battle of Hondschoote ends
1796 Battle of Bassano
1863 2nd Battle of Sabine Pass
1923 Honda Point Disaster
1939 1st flight Vultee P-66. Dutch Minesweeper Willem Van Ewijck sunk by a mine off Terschelling
1941 Siege of Leningrad begins. Mine Destructor Vessel HMS Corfield sunk by mine off the Humber Lightship. Italian sub Maggiore Baracca rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMS Croome east of The Azores
1943 R.N. MTB 77 bombed/sunk off Vigo, Spain. R.N. LCT 624 lost in the Med. U-983 sunk in a collision with U-988 north of Loba, Poland. Italian sub H-3 bombed/sunk at La Maddalena
1944 Liege and Ostend liberated. KM Minesweeper R-235 sunk in a collision off the Merwe Canal
 
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