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#OTD 11 February 1814 Napoleon desperately defeats Russian & Prussian armies at Battle of Montmirail as they close on Paris #twitterstorians
#OTD 6 February 1806 Vice-Admiral Duckworth's Royal Navy squadron destroy 2 & capture 3 French ships of the line in Battle of San Domingo.
#OTD 16 January 1809 Battle of Corruna - British troops under Sir John Moore defeat fierce French attack. Moore dies of wounds.
#OTD January 10 1806 - Dutch surrender Cape Town to British forces for the second and last time.
#OTD 23 November 1808 Battle of Tudela: French forces under Marshall Lannes defeat the less disciplined Spanish, who take 3,000 casualties.
Henri de Rigny, a daring French naval lieutenant who escaped from a dungeon and then impersonated a British officer. https://t.co/T2hcgUa2EF
#OTD 4 August 1796. Battle of Lonato. Bonaparte's Army of Italy defeats Austrians prior to Battle of Castiglione.
#OTD Napoleon, 21 July 1798 "Forward! Remember that from those monuments yonder forty centuries look down upon you."