1st October to 7th October

1st October
331bc   Battle of Gaugemela, Alexander the Great defeats the Persians
1918   Lawrence of Arabia captures Damascus
1943   Naples falls to Allied troops

2nd October
1187   Jerusalem is captured by Saladin after 88 years under the Crusaders
1835   Battle of Gonzales, Texan militia use a cannon to repulse Mexican Dragoons
1941   Operation Typhoon begins, Germans launch their attack on Moscow

3rd October
1935   Italy invades Ethiopia
1942   First flight of a V2 rocket
1993   Battle of Mogadishu, Black Hawk Down

4th October
1777   Battle of Germanstown, British troops repulse George Washington's forces
1993   Russian troops support President Yeltsin and attack Russian Parliament

5th October
1944   Canadian planes shoot down the first German jet fighter

6th October
105bc   Battle of Arausio, Roman army of 80,000 slaughtered by Teutones  & Cimbri
1884    The US Naval War College founded in  Newport, Rhode Island
1973    Egyptians attack across the Suez Canal, starting the Yom Kippur War 

7th October
1513   Battle of La Motta, Spanish defeat the Venetians
1777   Battale of Second Saratoga, American forces defeat the British