After the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir in 1940, where the British fleet destroyed a large part of the French navy, still under command of Vichy France, that killed about 1, 100 sailors, there was nationwide indignation and a feeling of distrust in the French forces, leading to the events of the Battle of Dakar.

During the Battle of Dakar, which took place off the coast of Dakar on September 23 – 25, 1940, the British navy attempted to rally the colonial administration in Dakar to the Allied cause and detach it from Vichy.

The outcome of this campaign was mixed with the Vichy French claiming victory at the Battle of Dakar and the Free French claiming victory at the Battle of Gabon.

The Battle of Dakar, also known as Operation Menace, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allies to capture the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa ( modern-day Senegal ), which was under Vichy French control, and to install the Free French under General Charles de Gaulle there.

In September, an attempt to take Vichy-held Dakar ended with the Battle of Dakar and a victory for the Vichy forces.

On 30th August 1940, the Demi Brigade departed Liverpool for operations against Vichy forces that would include the abortive Battle of Dakar and the storming of Libreville.

The name West African campaign refers to two battles during World War II: the Battle of Dakar ( also known as Operation Menace ) and the Battle of Gabon, both of which took place in November 12, 1940.

In September 1904, a squadron under the command of Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky was sent around Africa – stopping in French, German and Portuguese colonial ports Tangier, Dakar, Gabon, Baía dos Tigres, Angra Pequeña, and Nossi Be ( Madagascar ), then across the Indian Ocean to Cam Ranh Bay in French Indochina and then northward to its doomed encounter with the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Tsushima.

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The Battle of Ramillies (), fought on 23 May 1706, was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Initial attack at the Battle of Ramillies, 23 May 1706.

* Second Battle of El Alamein – 23 October – 4 November 1942

However Kelly was sunk by German dive bombers on 23 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete.

Following a defeat of his forces at the Battle of Reading on 9 December, James and his wife fled the nation ; James, however, returned to London for a two-week period that culminated in his final departure for France on 23 December.

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One of the last major battles involving Vikings was the Battle of Clontarf on the 23 April 1014, in which Vikings fought both for the Irish over-king Brian Boru's army and for the Viking-led army opposing him.

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* October 23 – First English Civil War – Battle of Edgehill: Royalists and Parliamentarians battle to a draw.

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* July 23 – Battle of Maysalun: The French defeat the Syrian army.

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Roberts then led the main British force from Kabul and decisively defeated Ayub Khan in September at the Battle of Kandahar, bringing his rebellion to an end.

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The Civil War ended with the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.

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The invading Prussian army faced little resistance until checked at the Battle of Valmy ( 20 September 1792 ), and forced to withdraw.