August 30
1813: Battle of Kulm - French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
1862: Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright.
1914: Battle of Tannenberg
1922: Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")
1941: Siege of Leningrad begins.
1944: MONTECCHIO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 31 Aug 44)
1945: British naval fore arrives in Hong Kong to reoccupy colony
1945: Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
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