Today In Military History April 25th

1707   A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.

1829   Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.

1862   American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

1864   American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.

1882   French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.

1898   Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.

1915   World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

1915 Six  Victoria Crosses where earned this day at the  Battle Beach, Helles they where awarded to 

Capt Richard Raymond Willis, 1876 - 1966 

Maj Cuthbert Bromley, 1878 - 1915

Sgt Frank Edward Stubbs, 1888 - 1915

Sgt Alfred Richards, 1879 - 1953 

Cpl John Elisha Grimshaw, 1893 -1980 

Pte William Kenealy, 1886 - 1915

For the Citation's and detail  The Gallipoli Association and or BBC Archives

1916   Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

1960 – The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.