Today in Military History 10 February

1258  Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. W

1763 The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. W

1814 The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians. W

1858 Lieutenant  Tytler was Awarded  The Victoria Cross

On the attacking parties approaching the enemy's position under a heavy fire of round shot, grape, and musketry, on the occasion of the action at Choorpoorah, on the 10th February last, Lieutenant Tytler dashed on horseback ahead of all, and alone, up to the enemy's guns, where he remained engaged hand to hand, until they were carried by us; and where he was shot through the left arm, had a spear wound in his chest, and a ball through the right sleeve of his coat. (Letter from Captain C. C. G. Ross, Commanding 66th (Goorkha) Regiment, to Captain Brownlow, Major of Brigade, Kemaon Field Force.)  W

1846 Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the Anglo-Sikh War war W

1862 A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River W

1906 HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships, is christened. W

1936 Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders. v

1939 The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France In the Spanish Civil War: v

1943 The Battle of Krasny Bor this was part of the Soviet offensive Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda, in the Eastern Front of World War II. W

1955  US evacuates Pacific islands The American Navy has moved thousands of people from the Chinese Nationalist Tachen Islands.

1965 - The Viet Cong attacked an American installation in Qui Nhon. Twenty-three Americans were killed. President Johnson ordered a retalitory strike known as Flaming Dart II.