1792:
Verdun, France, surrenders to the Prussian Army.
1798:
The Maltese people revolt against the French occupation, forcing the French troops to take refuge in the citadel of Valetta in Malta.
1862:
President Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Popes disaster at Second Bull Run on August 29th and 30th.
1870:
Napoleon III capitulates to the Prussians at Sedan, France.
1898:
Sir Herbert Kitchner leads the British to victory over the Mahdists at Omdurman and takes Khartoum.
1914:
British forces withdraw to Chantilly-Nanteuil.
1914:
The Battle of Lemberg ends with the rout of the Austrian forces who lose 130,000 men.
1915:
Austro-German armies take Grodno, Poland.
1917:
British and Belgian operations drive German detachments from River Ruaha to Mahenge.
1944:
Troops of the U.S. First Army enter Belgium.
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