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| 1704 | Rooke, George |  |
| Gibraltar Captures Gibraltar from the Spanish
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| 1727 | George I | |
| Gibraltar The Spanish sieze Gibraltar
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| 1743 | Anson, George | |
| Macao Anson sells the cargo of the Nuestra Se¤ora to the Chinese & becomes a rich man for life
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| 20th June Anson captures the Nuestra Se¤ora de Covadonga off Cape Espiritu Santo
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| 1745 | Charles Edward | |
| Lancaster Lancaster surrenders to the Jacobites
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| 4th Sep Perth Captures Perth
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| 17th Sep Edinburgh Occupies Edinburgh & Holyrood Palace
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| 17th Sep Edinburgh Proclaimed as James VIII but Edinburgh Castle is held by General Joshua Guest
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| 15th Nov Carlisle Carlisle surrenders without a shot being fired
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| 29th Nov Manchester Manchester surrenders to the Jacobites
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| 4th Dec Derby Derby surrenders to the Jacobites
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| 1745 | Warren, Peter | |
| London Naval Commander at the capture of Louisburg
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| 1746 | Hawley, Henry | |
| Jan Edinburgh Captures Edindurgh then tries to releive the siege of Stirling
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| Jan Edinburgh Hawley occupies Edinburgh
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| 1746 | William Augustus | |
| Carlisle Captures Carlisle from the Jacobites
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| 1757 | Clive, Robert | |
| 2nd Jan Calcutta Captures Calcutta
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| 2nd Jan Calcutta Successfully relieves Calcutta
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| 23rd Mar Chandernagore Captures Chandernagore to secure a line of communication to Calcutta
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| 1758 | Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Fort Louisbourg Louisburg falls to the British forces of General Abercromby & General Amherst
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| Fort Louisbourg The gateway to Canada is forced open to the British
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| 1758 | Amherst, Jeffrey | |
| July Cape Bretton Captures Cape Bretton Island
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| 1758 | Bradstreet, John | |
| 27th Aug Frontenac Captures Fort Frontenac at the entrance to the St Lawrence
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| 1758 | Forbes, John | |
| 25th Nov Duquesne Occupies Fort Duquesne
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| 1758 | Prideaux, John | |
| 25th July London Captures Fort Niagra
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| 1758 | Rodney, George Brydges | |
| Cape Breton Island Serves under Boscawen in the taking of Louisburg (Cape Breton Island)
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| 1759 | Amherst, Jeffrey | |
| 26th July Ticonderoga Captures Triconderoga
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| 31st July Crown Point Captures Crown Point
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| 1759 | Forbes, John | |
| Ohio Valley Builds Fort Pitt which controls the Ohio Valley
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| 1759 | Mockton, Robert | |
| 27th June Point Levi Mockton captures Point Levi
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| 1759 | Prideaux, John | |
| Oswego Captures Oswego
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| 25th July Niagra Captures Fort Niagra, killed during the siege
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| 1761 | Coote, Eyre | |
| Pondicherry Captures Pondicherry
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| 1762 | Anson, George | |
| Havana An attack on the hub of Spanish trade as war with Spain appears inevitable
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| Havana Issues orders to capture Havana
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| 1762 | Pearson, Richard | |
| 5th Oct Manila Takes part in the capture of Manila
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| 1762 | Rodney, George Brydges | |
| Grenada Captures Granada
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| St Lucia Captures St Lucia
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| Martinique Captures the Island of Martinique
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| 1776 | Howe, William | |
| 15th Sep New York The British occupy New York
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| 1780 | Rodney, George Brydges | |
| Feb St Eustatius Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of Eustatius, cripples the US contrabrand trade
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| Feb St Martin Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of St Martin, cripples the US contrabrand trade
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| 1782 | Jervis, John | |
| 19th April Captures the French ship of the line, Pegase
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| 1783 | Petty, William | |
| 15th April Mississippi Britain relinquishes all land east of the Mississippi
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| 1794 | Nelson, Horatio | |
| 21st Aug Corsica Bombarded by Nelson & harassed by the Corsican Nationalists
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| 21st Aug Corsica The French give up the Island to the British
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| 1795 | Abercromby, Ralph | |
| St Lucia Commands the expeditionary force to St Lucia
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| Trinidad Commands the expeditionary force to Trinidad
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| 1800 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 5th Sep Malta French occupation troops on Malta surrender to the British
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| 1801 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Carnatic Britain captures the Carnatic region in India
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| 1802 | Addington, Henry | |
| Britain captures Aden from the Turks, used as a refuelling station en-route to India
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| 1804 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Calcutta Britain captures Calcutta
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| 1806 | Acton, John Francis Edward | |
| London Napoleon captures Naples & Acton is forced into exile
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| 1807 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 16th Aug Lyngby Wellington's brigade captures Lyngby, Denmark
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| 1812 | Brock, Isaac | |
| 16th Aug Detroit Captures Detroit
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| 1812 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 19th Jan Rodrigo Captures Ciudad Rodrigo
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| 12th Aug Madrid Wellington's Army enters Madrid, it is free from French occupation since Dec 1808
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| 1813 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 17th May Madrid Captures Madrid
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| 17th May Madrid Forces Napoleon's forces to the Ebro River where they are defeated at Vittorio
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| 1814 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 12th Mar Bordeaux Captures Bordeaux
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| 1841 | Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 26th Jan Hong Kong Hong Kong is ceded to Britain by China
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| 1846 | Dalhousie, James | |
| Punjab Launches an invasion in order to destroy Sikh power in India
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| 1848 | Ramsay | |
| Punjab Captures the Punjab
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| 1849 | Dalhousie, James | |
| Mar Punjab The British capture the Punjab
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| 1849 | Russell | |
| Mar Punjab The British capture the Punjab
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| 1852 | Ramsay | |
| Captures lower Burma
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| 1854 | Napier, Charles | |
| 16th Aug Alands Bombards the Alands & helps the French force the surrender of the garrison
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| 1854 | Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| 26th May Piraeus Anglo-French forces occupy Piraeus to prevent the Greek fleet from aiding Russia
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| 1855 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Malakov Sevastopol surrenders after the French capture Malakov
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| 1857 | Nicholson, John | |
| 14th June Delhi The arrival of more British reinforcements finally leads to the defeat of the mutineers by John Nicholson, Commander of the relief force, after six days of street fighting, Delhi is recaptured
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| 1858 | Bruce, James | |
| London During February the British capture Canton & capture Emperor Yeh
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| 1860 | Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Beijing Present at the capture of Peking
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| 1874 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 25th Oct Britain captures the Fiji Islands
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| 1879 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Kabul The British capture Kabul
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| Khyber Pass Under the treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass
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| 1882 | Wolsey, Grant | |
| Cairo Occupies Cairo after the Battle of Kebir
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| 1885 | Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| 26th Jan Khartoum The Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad captures Khartoum
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| 1896 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 12th Mar French ambition in the Nile lead Salisbury to order Britain to reoccupy the Sudan
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| 1896 | Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 21st Aug Leads an Anglo-Egyptian force which begins to reconquer the Sudan
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| 1898 | Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Results in British control of the Upper Nile
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| 5th Sep Khartoum Enters Khartoum
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| 1900 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Orange Free Marches through the Orange Free State with Lord Roberts
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| June Pretoria Present at the British entry into Pretoria
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| 1900 | Craddock, Christopher | |
| 20th June Taku Forts Helps capture Taku Forts at the mouth of the Peiho River from the Boxers
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| 1900 | Keyes, Robert | |
| 17th June Taku Forts Helps capture Taku Forts at the mouth of the Peiho River from the Boxers
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| 1900 | Roberts, Frederick Sleigh | |
| 13th Mar Bloemfontein Roberts captures the capital of the Orange Free State
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| 13th Mar Bloemfontein The British capture the Boer capital, capital of the Orange Free State
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| 24th May Orange Free Renames the Orange Free State the Orange River Colony
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| 24th May Orange Free The British capture the Orange Free State
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| 31st May Johannesburg Johannesburg falls to the British
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| 5th June Preoria British troops capture Pretoria
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| 5th June Pretoria Relieves British garrisons & occupies the Boer capital, Pretoria
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| 1st Sep Transvaal Captures the Boer Republic
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| 1st Sep Transvaal Roberts formally proclaims the annexation of the Transvaal
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| 3rd Sep Transvaal Anexation of the Transvaal is announced
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| 1900 | Warren, Charles | |
| 24th Jan Spion Kop Captures Spion Kop
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| 1914 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 13th Oct Ypres The British occupy Ypres
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| 5th Nov Cyprus Britain captures Cyprus
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| 1917 | Allenby, Henry Hynman | |
| 31st Oct Beersheba Attacks the Turks, Beersheba is captured & 2,000 Turkish troops taken prisoner
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| Nov Gaza Captures Gaza
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| 7th Nov Gaza Occupies Gaza
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| 9th Dec Jerusalem Captures Jerusalem
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| 1917 | Byng | |
| 9th April Vimy Ridge Leads the Canadian Corps in capturing Vimy Ridge, 1st day of the Arras Offensive
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| 1917 | Haig, Douglas | |
| 28th Jan Ancre The British capture Ancre
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| 1917 | Horne | |
| April Vimy Ridge Captures Vimy Ridge
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| 1917 | Lawrence of Arabia, Thomas Edward | |
| 24th Jan Wejh Captures Wejh
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| 6th July Aqaba Captures Aqaba
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| 1917 | Maude, Frederick Stanley | |
| Baghdad Captures Baghdad
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| Samarrah Captures Samarrah
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| Kut al Imara Drives the Turks out of Kut-al-Imara
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| 1918 | Byng | |
| 29th Aug Albert Albert is captured from the Germans
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| 1918 | Byng, Henry Creswicke | |
| 24th Mar Bapaume Bapaume is captured by the German during Operation Michael
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| 29th Aug Albert Albert is captured from the Germans
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| 1918 | George VI | |
| Brussels Present when the Belgium royal family re-enter Brussels
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| 1918 | Haig | |
| 17th Oct Ostend Ostend is liberated by the Allies during the battle of Flanders
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| 19th Oct Bruges Bruges is liberated by the Allies during the battle of Flanders
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| 1918 | Horne | |
| Mons September, occupies Mons
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| 1938 | Chamberlain, Neville | |
| 15th Mar London Declares in the Commons policy will not change despite Hitler's occupation of Prague
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