The English military has long had a streak of success
throughout history. this list tries to put those successes (and failures)
into perspective. Absent are the engagements that took place during
the 'War of the Roses' in England.
VICTORY |
Battle
of Mons Badonicus - 500 AD
A force of Roman-British-Celts defeats an invading Anglo-Saxon
army. Actual details and date of the battle remain unknown. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of Deorham - 577
The Britons are defeated by the advancing Saxon armies. |
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VICTORY |
Battle
of Cannington - 878
Britain, led by Odda, repels the invasion by the Vikings. |
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VICTORY |
Battle
of Edington - May, 878
Britain, led by Alfred the Great, is victorious against the
advancing Viking hordes. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle
of Maldon - August 10, 991
Britain is defeated by the invading Vikings led by Olaf Trygvasson. |
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VICTORY |
Battle
of Stamford Bridge - September 25, 1066
The Anglo-Saxon English armies led by Harold Godwinson defeats
the Norwegian Vikings led by Harald Hardrada. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle
of Hastings - September 28, 1066
Harold Godwinson and the Anglo-Saxon English lose to the Normans
and William of Normandy. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle
of Lewes - May 12-May 14, 1264
Prince Edward of England loses to Simon de Montfort of France. |
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VICTORY |
Battle
of Evesham - August 4, 1265
Marking the end of Chivalry in England, the British under Prince
Edward earn a victory against Frenchman Simon de Montfort in
this massacre. |
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Battle of Crecy - August
26, 1346
Edward III of England is victorious against Philip VI of France. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Poitiers - September
19, 1356
Edward of England is victorious against John II of France. |
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Battle of Auray - September
29, 1364
Sir John Chandos of England defeats Charles of Blois. |
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Battle of Shrewsbury - July
21, 1403
The Royal Army led by Henry IV defeats the rebels led by Henry
Percy. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Agincourt - October
25, 1415
Henry V of England defeats Frenchmen Jean Le Maingre and Charles
d'Albret. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Cravant - July
31, 1423
Thomas Montacute of England defeats Comte de Vendome of France. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of Orleans - October
12, 1428-May 8, 1429
England loses to France's Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc). |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of Patay - June 18,
1429
Sir John Fastolf of England is defeated by La Hire and Poton
de Xaintrailles of France. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of Formigny - April
15, 1450
Thomas Kyriell of England is the loser against Comte de Clermont
and Comte de Richemont of France. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of Castillon - July
17, 1453
John Talbot of England is defeated by Charles VII of France. |
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VICTORY |
Battle
of Sedgemoor - July 6, 1685
Part of the 'Monmouth Rebellion', James II of England defeats
rebel leader James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Oudenarde - July
11, 1708
The coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and the Holy Roman
Empire defeat Frenchmen Duc of Burgundy and the Duc de Vendome. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of Lexington and Concord
- April 19, 1775
Britain loses the upper hand in the opening battle for the American
war of indep endence. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of the Chesapeake
- September 5, 1781
Britain is defeated by Frnace in this strategic victory of American
Revolutionary War. |
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DRAW |
Battle of Corunna - January
16, 1809
The British led by John Moore evacuate from Spain and the advancing
Nicolas Jean de Dieu. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Albuera - May 16,
1811
The coalition of Britain, Portugal and Spain defeats Frenchman
Nicolas Jean de Dieu. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Badajoz - March
16-April 6, 1812
Britain and Portugal deal a major blow to Napoleon Bonaparte
of France. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Salamanca - July
22, 1812
Britain, Portuguese and Spanish forces defeat Frenchman Auguste
Marmont. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Vitoria - June
21, 1813
The Anglo-Spanish coalition led by Arthur Wellesley defeats
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan and Joseph Bonaparte of France. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Leipzig - October
16-19, 1813
The coalition of Britain, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Prussia,
Austria, Sweden and several German states defeat Napoleon I
of France. |
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Battle of Waterloo - June
18, 1815
England, Russia, Austria and Prussia defeat Napoleon of France
in his last battle. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Navarino - October
20, 1827
A coalition force of Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Belgium,
the United States, the Netherlands and Russia defeat the Ottoman
Empire and Egypt in this large-scale naval engagement. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Balaclava - October
25, 1854
British, French and Turkish troops defeat Russia in this Crimean
War engagement. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of the Frontiers -
August 14-14, 1914
The British and the French fall to the Germans. |
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VICTORY |
Togoland - August 26, 1914
British and French forces successfully invade the German West
African protectorate of Togoland. |
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VICTORY |
First Battle of the Marne
- September 5-10, 1914
British and French forces lef by Joseph Joffre and John French
defeat the Germans led by Helmuth von Moltke and Karl von Bulow. |
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DRAW |
First Battle of the Aisne
- September 12-15, 1914
British and French troop actions merit little result against
Germany. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Ypres - October
19-November 22, 1914
British and French forces gain a victory against Germany. |
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DRAW |
Third Battle of Artois -
September 15-November 4, 1915
Britain and France earn a draw against Germany and Crown Prince
William Rupprecht. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Vimy Ridge - April
9-12, 1917
British and Canadian forces gain the advantage against Germany. |
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DRAW |
Third Battle of the Aisne
- May 27-June 6 1918
British, American and French forces halt the German advance. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Belleau Wood -
June 1-26, 1918
Combined Britain, French and American forces are victorious
over the German Empire led by Crown Prince Wilhelm. |
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VICTORY |
Battle of Amiens -August
8-11, 1918
British, French, Canadian and Australian forces are victorious
over Germany.
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DEFEAT |
Battle of France - May 10,
1940-June 22, 1940
In defense of the French Countries, French, British, Polish,
Belgium and Dutch armies are defeated by the Axis power of Germnay
and Italy. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle of Dunkirk - May 26,
1940-June 4, 1940
Britain and France are soundly beaten by the advancing German
army, seeking refuge across the Channel to England. |
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VICTORY |
Battle
of Britain - July 1940-May 1941
The British Royal Air Force led by Hugh Dowding defeats the
invading German Luftwaffe fighters led by Herman Goring. |
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DEFEAT |
Battle
of Dieppe - August 19, 1942
The British and the Canadians suffer heavy losses in this defeat
at the hands of the entrenched Germans. |
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VICTORY |
Battle
of Normandy - June 6, 1944-August 25, 1944
Britian and her allies are victorious in the D-Day beach landings
against the unsuspecting Germans. |
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VICTORY |
Operation
Dragoon - August 15, 1944
Britian is victorious against the Germans in the invasion of
Southern France. |
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DRAW |
Battle
of Arnhem - September 1944
British troops partake in a vast plan (Operation Market Garden)
to overtake three key bridges over the Rhine River. They assist
in taking two, but the third remains in German control. |
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VICTORY |
Battle
of Scheldt - October 2, 1944-November 8, 1944
The Allied coalition of Britain, Poland and Canada are victorious
against Germany. |
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VICTORY |
Operation
Varsity - March 24, 1945
The British and allied troops are victorious in capturing key
bridges over the Rhone River, delivering a final blow to the
Germans. |
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VICTORY |
Operation
Desert Storm - January 15, 1991
British forces, allied with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal,
Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Turkey, France and
the United States (among others), assist in liberating Kuwait
from an Iraqi invasion force. |
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VICTORY |
Operation
Iraqi Freedom - March 19, 2003
Britain and coalition forces invade and remove Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein from power. |
