12. The British defeat the Boers at Diamond Hill 1900 14. Final defeat of Charles I, at Naseby, by Cromwell 1645 Battle of Marengo 1800 Napoleon's decisive overthrow of the Russians at Friedland 1807 Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians at Raab 1809 15. Siege of Saragossa begun 1808 16. Napoleon's defeat of Blücher at Ligny 1815 Marshal Ney's indecisive attack on the British at Quatre Bras 1815 The Federals under Grant attacked the Confederate lines in front of Petersburg, Virginia; fighting continued throughout the remainder of the month 1864 17. The battle of Bunker Hill 1775 18. Frederick the Great's defeat by the Austrians at Kolin 1757 War declared against England by the United States 1812 The battle of Waterloo 1815 Battle between the French under Grouchy and the Prussians at Wavre 1815 19. Sinking of the Alabama by the Kearsarge 1864 21. Encounter between the Leopard and the Chesapeake 1807 Wellington's decisive victory over the French at Vittoria, in Spain 1813 23. Clive's great victory at Plassey, near Calcutta 1757 24. The Austrians defeated the Italians at Custozza 1866 First engagement of the Santiago campaign, at Las Guasimas 1898 The Scots under Robert Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn 1314 25. Battle of Little Bighorn--The Custer Massacre 1876 26. The Federals under Fitzjohn Porter defeated the Confederates under Longstreet at Mechanicsville, Virginia 1862 27. Peter the Great defeated Charles XII at Pultowa 1709 George II defeated the French at Dettingen 1743 Indecisive battle between the Federals under McClellan and the Confederates under Lee at Gaines Mill, Virginia 1862 The Confederates under Johnston defeated Federals under Sherman at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia 1864 28. The American sloop Wasp captured the British sloop Reindeer 1814 Capture of Silistria by the Russians 1829 Battle of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, South Carolina 1776 Washington defeated Clinton in the battle of Monmouth 1778