On this day in military history, June 11: 1184 - (BC) Trojan War: Troy was sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. 0090 - (BC) Social War: Battle of the Tolenus - Consuls P Rutilius Rufus & G. Marius defeat Vettius Scato. 1298 - Battle of Campaldino: Tuscan Guelfs (including Dante) defeat the Arretine Ghibellines. 1429 - Hundred Years' War: The start of the Battle of Jargeau. 1488 - Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland. 1666 - Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht). 1676 - Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden. 1685 - James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II. 1774 - Jews in Algiers escape the attacks of the Spanish army. 1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta. 1825 - The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City. 1861 - American Civil War: Union forces under General George B. McClellen repulse a Confederate force at Rich Mountain in western Virginia. 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad. 1898 - Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships start to sail for Cuba. 1900 - Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha. 1915 - World War I: British troops take Cameroon in Africa. 1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy. 1940 - World War II: First attack of the Italian Airforce on the island of Malta. 1942 - World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union. 1942 - World War II: Italo-German forces halted at El Alamein, North Africa. 1943 - World War II: Allies land on Pantelleria, Italy. 1943 - World War II: Kiska: Japanese submarine I-9 sunk by U.S. DD Frazier. 1944 - World War II: U.S. carrier-based planes attack Japanese airfields on Guam , Rota, Saipan and Tinian islands, preparing for the invasion of Saipan. 1967 - Six Days War: Israel and Syria accept a UN cease-fire. 1977 - Dutch Marines rescue hostages on a train held by Moluccan terrorists.

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