10th September to 16th September

10th September
1798   Battle of St George's Caye, British ships defeat Spanish invaders, Belize
1813   Battle of Lake Erie, American squadron defeats British during the War of 1812
1939   Canada declares War on Nazi Germany

11th September
1297   Battle of Stirling Bridge, William Wallace defeats the English
1777   Battle of Brandywine, British defeat George Washington's army
1940   Buckingham Palace damaged by Luftwaffe bombers
1965   1st Cavalry Division arrives in Vietnam

12th September
1683   Battle of Vienna, European troops defeat the Ottoman army and lift the siege
1847   Battle of Chapultepec, American troops defeat Mexicans
1943   Otto Skorzeny rescues Mussolini from house arrest on Gran Sasso

13th September
122    Construction of Hadrian's Wall commences
1940   Italian forces invade Egypt
1968   Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact
 
14th September
1944   US Marines land on Peleliu

15th September
1762   Battle of Signal Hill, British defeat French in Newfoundland
1812   Napoleons army reaches the Kremlin
1916   Tanks go into action for the first time at the Battle of the Somme

16th September
1776   Battle of Harlem Heights, Washington disengages when British reserves arrive
1975   First flight of a MiG-31 'Foxhound'