14 August 1678 Battle of Mons - French repulse William of Orange.
14 August 1758 Battle of Zorndorf at which Prussia defeats Russia.
14 August 1762 An English fleet occupies Havana.
14 August 1813 British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus.
14 August 1864 Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia.
14 August 1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia.
14 August 1897 The town of Anosimena in Madagascar is captured by French troops.
14 August 1912 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua.
14 August 1914 British field marshal John French & Gen Wilson land in France.
14 August 1915 British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat.
14 August 1917 China declares war on Germany & Austria.
14 August 1937 China declares war on Japan.
14 August 1943 1st Allied air raid on Borneo.
14 August 1949 Military coup in Syria under colonel Sami Hinnawi.
14 August 1960 UN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
14 August 1969 Operation Banner, British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland.
14 August 1972 2 British soldiers are killed by an IRA booby trap bomb in Belfast
14 August 1974 Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus.
14 August 1974 USSR performs underground nuclear test.
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