July 24 1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
July 24 1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
July 24 1304 Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes
the stronghold using the War Wolf.
July 24 1411 Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
July 24 1814 War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
July 24 1823 In Maracaibo, Venezuela, the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
July 24 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
July 24 1900 HOWSE Neville Reginald was awarded the Victoria cross for his actions this day.
During the action at Vredefort,
South Africa, Howse saw a trumpeter fall, and went through very heavy
cross-fire to rescue the man. His horse was soon shot from under him,
but he continued on foot, reached the casualty, dressed his wound, and
then carried him to safety. For this action, Howse was awarded the Victoria Cross
(Wikipedia)
July 24 1918 On this day Richard Charles Travis was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. During 'surprise'
operations it was necessary to destroy an impassable wire block. Serjt.
Travis, regardless of personal danger, volunteered for this duty.
Before zero hour, in broad daylight and in close proximity to enemy
posts he crawled out and successfully destroyed the block with bombs,
thus enabling the attacking parties to pass through. A few minutes later
a bombing party on the right of the attack was held up by two enemy
machine guns, and the success of the whole operation was in danger.
Perceiving this Serjt. Travis with great gallantry and utter disregard
of danger, rushed the position, killed the crews and captured the guns.
An enemy officer and three men immediately rushed at him from a bend in
the trench and attempted to retake the guns. These four he killed single
handed, thus allowing the bombing party on which much depended to
advance. The success of the operation was almost entirely due to the
heroic work of this gallant N.C.O. and the vigour with which he made and
used opportunities for inflicting casualties on the enemy. He was
killed 24 hours later when, in a most intense bombardment prior to an
enemy counter-attack, he was going from post to post encouraging the
men.
— The London Gazette, No. 30922, 24 September 1918
(Wikipedia)
July 24 1920 For his actions this day Captain George Stuart Henderson was awarded the Victoria Cross
The late Captain George Stuart Henderson, D.S.O., M.C:, 2nd Bn.,
Manchester Regt. For most conspicuous bravery and self sacrifice.
On the evening of the 24th July, 1920, when about fifteen miles
from Hillah (Mesopotamia), the Company under his command was ordered to
retire. After proceeding about 500 yards a large party of Arabs suddenly
opened fire from the flank, causing the Company to split up and waver.
Regardless of all danger, Capt. Henderson at once reorganised the
Company, led them gallantly to the attack and drove off the enemy. On
two further occasions this officer led his men to charge the Arabs with
the bayonet and forced them to retire. At one time, wnen the situation
was extremely critical and tihe troops and transport were getting out of
hand, Capt. Henderson, by sheer pluck and coolness,, steadied his
command prevented the Company from being cut up and saved the situation.
During the second charge he fell wounded, but refused to leave his
command, and just as the Company reached the trench they were making for
he was again wounded. Realising that he could do no more, he asked one
of his N.C.O.'s to hold him up on the embankment, saying, "I'm, done
now, don't let them beat you." He died fighting
(Wikipedia)
July 24 1910 The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of
1910.
July 24 1943 World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
July 24 1945 For his actions this day Frank John Partridge was awarded the Victoria Cross
On 24 July, in one of the last actions of the campaign on Bougainville,
two platoons of the 8th Battalion attacked a Japanese post, Base 5, near
Ratsua. Partridge's section came under heavy machine-gun fire and suffered severe casualties, including a Bren gunner
who was killed. Although wounded in the arm and leg, Partridge
retrieved the Bren gun and began shooting at the nearest bunker while
under fire himself. He then rushed forward armed with a grenade and a
knife, silenced the Japanese machine-gun with his grenade, and killed
the only living occupant of the bunker with his knife. Partridge
attacked the second until loss of blood compelled him to halt. Later he
re-joined the fight and remained in action while the platoon withdrew.
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