Today in Military History April 21

21/04/1282   Welsh siege of Rhuddlan Castle lifted by English force led by future, Amadeus V, Count of Savoy.

21/04/1802   Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.

 

21/04/1806   Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa
                                                               
21/04/1809   Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.

 

21/04/1836   Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna
 

21//04/1898   Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.

 

21/04/1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.

21/04/1945   World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.