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The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
Morean War: The 49-day Siege of Coron ends with the surrender and massacre of its garrison by the Venetians.
Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.
World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of Belgium.
Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. Th�
World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, during the Battle of Britain in an attempt to destroy the British Royal Air Force.
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.