Post by theamerican on Mar 28, 2015 17:28:50 GMT -5
My vote is for Great Britain.
Here's why:
Wars lost by Great Britain/England
1st Anglo Maratha War
Napoleonic Wars
1st Coalition
2nd Coalition
3rd Coalition
4th Coalition
5th Coalition
Pontiacs Rebellion 1763
British invasions of the Río de la Plata
Scilly naval disaster of 1707
First Cevallos expedition
Palestine 1948
Suez 1951
Greece 1948
Iraq 2007 (total withdrawal from Basrah)
Aden Emergency 1967
Cypres Emergency 1959
Turkish War of Independence 1923
Anglo Turk War 1805
Russian Intervention 1920
Aroostock War
Pig War
1st Anglo Ashanti War
3rd Anglo Afghan war
First Anglo-Mysore War
First Anglo-Maratha War
American Revolutionary War
AngloSpanish war of 1770s
2nd Anglo Dutch War
3rd Anglo Dutch War
War in the Vendée
First Anglo-Afghan War
-1919 Afghanistan:
-1880 Afghanistan
-1878 Afghanistan
-1842 Afghanistan
-1840 Afghanistan
First Boer War
Roman Conquest AD 43
Norman Conquest 1066
Hundred Years War 1337–1453
American victories over the British 1775-1783
April 19, 1775 Lexington and Concord
March 17, 1776 Siege of Boston
May 27–28, 1775 Chelsea Creek
June 11–12, 1775 Battle of Machias
August 9, 1775 Battle of Gloucester
March 4 1776 Dorchester Heights
May 10 1775 Capture of Ft. Ticonderoga
November 3 1775 Siege of Ft. Jean
March 25 1776 Battle of St Pierre
September 16 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights
December 23 1776 Battle of Iron works Hill
December 26 1776 Battle of Trenton
January 2 1777 Battle of Assuninpink Creek
Januard 3 1777 Battle of Princeton
Jan-March 1777 Forage War - NJ
January 20 1777 Battle of Millstone
August 22 1777 Battle of Ft. Stanwix
August 6 1777 Battle of Oriskany
August 16 1777 Battle of Bennington
October 1777 Saratoga campaign
June 26 1777 Battle of Short Hills
October 22 1777 Battle of Red Bank
December 8 1777 Battle of White Marsh
November 25 1777 Battle of Gloucester
June 28 1778 Battle of Monmouth
September 7–18, 1778 Siege of Boonesborough
July 1778 – February 1779 Kaskasia Vincennes
August 8, 1780 Battle of Piqua
April 1781 Choscoton
August 29 1779 Battle of Newtown
October 19 1780 Battle of Klock's Field
October 25 1781 Battle of Johnstown
November-December 1775 - Southern patriot "Snow Campaign"
December 9 1775 Battle of the Great Bridge
February 27 1776 Battle of the Creek Bridge
March 2-3 1776 Battle of the Rice Boats
June 28 1776 Battle of Sullivan's Island
July 15 1776 Battle of Lindley's Fort
April 18 1776 Frederica
February 3 1779 Battle of Beaufort
February 14 1779 Battle of Kettle Creek
June 8 1780 Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
June 20 1780 Battle of Ramsour's Mill
July 12 1780 Battle of Williamson's Plantation
July 21 1780 Battle of Colson's Mill
August 6 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock
August 18 1780 Battle of Musgrove Hill
September 21 1780 Battle of Wahab's Plantation
September 14 1780 Battle of the Black Mingo
September 26 1780 Battle of Charlotte
October 7 1780 Battle of Kingsmountain
October 14 1780 Battle of Shallow Ford
November 9 1780 Battle of Fishdam Ford
November 20 1780 Battle of Blackstock Farm
January 17 1781 Battle of the Cowpens
February 25 1781 Battle of Haw River
April 23 1781 Battle of Ft Watson
April 25 1781 Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
May 12 1781 Siege of Ft Motte
June 6 1781 Augusta
September 8 1781 Eutaw springs
25 February 1779 Vincennes
September 13 1782 2nd Siege of Ft Henry
September 10 1779 Battle of Lake Pontchartrain
March 3 1776 Capture of Nassau
March 24 1778 Capture of the HMS Drake
September 23 1779 Capture of the HMS Serapis
June 29 1776 Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
September 8 1781 Captureof the HMS Savage
May 29 1781 Capture of the HMS Atalanta
May 29 1781 Capture of the HMS Trepassey
March 6 1783 USS Alliance defeats HMS Sybil
April 8 1782 Battle of Delaware Bay
July 1 1782 Raid on Nova Scotia
March 8 1781 Skirmish at Water's Creek
July 9 1781 Franciso beats Tarleton
July 24 1781 Francisco beats Tarleton
October 19, 1781 Yorktown
American victories over the British in 1812-14
19 July 1812 1st Sackets
21 Sept 1812 Raid on Gananoque
7 Feb 1813 Raid on Elizabethtown
27 Apr 1813 1st burning of York
31 July 1813 2nd burning of York
28-29 May 1813 2nd Sackets
May 29 1813 Big Sandy Creek
June 1 1813 US repulse of Royal Marine raid north of Sackets
6-11 Sept 1814 Plattsburgh
28 Nov 1812 Frenchman's Creek
25-27 May 1813 Capture of Ft George
14-16 May 1814 Raid on Port Dover
3 July 1814 Capture of Fort Erie
5 July 1814 Chippewa
Aug-Sept 1814 Siege of Fort Erie
5-15 Sept 1812 Siege of Ft Harrison
5-12 Sept 1812 Siege of Ft Wayne
17-18 Dec 1812 Mississinewa
28 Apr-9May 1813 Siege of Ft Meigs
2 Aug 1813 Ft Stephenson
10 Sept 1813 Victory on Lake Erie
5 Oct 1813 Thames
4 March 1814 Longwoods
29 April 1813 Elk's Landing
6 Nov 1814 Malcom's Mills
22 June 1813 Craney Island
10 August 1813 St Michaels
12 Sept 1814 North Point
31 Aug 1814 Caulk's Field
12-15 Sept 1814 Baltimore
1814 Battle of Rock Harbor - HMS Newcastle party thrown back
6 Dec 1814 Farnham church
7-9 Nov 1814 Pensacola
14-16 Sept 1814 1st Ft Bowyer
13 Dec 1814 - Jackson's probe
8 Jan 1815 New Orleans
9-18 Jan 1815 Ft St Phillip
13 Aug 1812 capture of the Alert
19 Aug 1812 capture of the Guerriere
18 Oct 1812 capture of the Frolic
25 Oct 1812 capture of the Macedonian
29 Dec 1812 capture of the Java
24 Feb 1813 sinking of the Peacock
5 Aug 1813 capture of the Dominica
5 Sept 1813 capture of the Boxer
28 Apr 1814 capture of the Epervier
28 Jun 1814 sinking of the Reindeer
1 Sept 1814 sinking of the Avon
20 Feb 1815 capture of the Levant
20 Feb 1815 capture of the Cyane
23 Mar 1815 capture of the Penguin
11 Dec 1812 capture of the Rachel
25 Mar 1813 privateer Nereyda captured
28 Mar 1813 whaler Barclay
29-Apr - 15 Sep 1813 armed whaler Montezuma
Georgiana captured
Policy captured
Atlantic captured
armed whaler Greenwich captured
Catherine captured
whaler Rose
whaler Hector
armed privateer Seringapatam
Charlton
New Zealander
whaler Sir Andrew Hammond
Lake vessels captured from the British:
HMS Detroit
HMS Queen Charlotte
HMS Hunter
HMS Lady Prevost
HMS Little Belt
- six smaller vessels also taken after the Battle of Lake Erie
HMS Chubb
HMS Linnet
HMS Confiance
HMS Finch
- 12 additional gun boats taken at Battle of Lake Champlain
HMS Caledonia
HMS Hamilton
HMS Broke
HMS Pictou
HMS Ballahou
packet Swallow
HMS Landrail
HMS Hamilton
recapture of the Wasp
Defeat of the 44 gun frigate HMS Ulysses
HMS Whiting
HMS Lord Nelson
October 8-11 1813 US raids - Twenty Mile Creek
November 26 1813 repeat US raid Twenty Mile Creek
September 20 1814 US raids settlements in the Western District
July 31-August 1 1813 US re-raids York, burns barracks
August 28 1813 British ships detect US raiding party at York, British flee to Burlington
October 27 1813 US raid on Frelighsburg
October 12 1813 US raid in Missisiquoi Bay
October 20 1812 US raid on Odelltown
September 20 1813 US skirmishes at Odelltown
August 10 1814 officer captured in Odelltown during skirmish
October 11-13 1813 US raids in Philippsburg, Mississiquoi bay area
January 22 1814 US raids Philippsburg
March 22 1814 US captures and occupies Philippsburg
October 23 1812 US attacks captures St Regis and 28 guns (artillery)
October 4 1812 British revenge attack for Gananoque is repulsed
June 26 1813 US repulse of British attack at Pagan Creek
July 2 1813 repeat British attack at Pagan creek repulsed
March 18 1813 US capture of RN seamen
June 10 1813 US repulse of British landing on island on the York river
June 22 1813 US repulses landing at Wise Creek
July 31 1812 US privateer captures Royal Bounty off Newfoundland
September 23 1813 British withdraw from Fort Malden- subsequent US recapture
September 29, 1813 recapture of Fort Shelby
December 20 1813 US raid at Arnolds Mill
July 26 1814 US destroys Burch's Mills
May 14-16 1814 US raids at Charlotteville
July 25 1814 US raids Charlotteville
July 7th 1813 US victory at Butler's Farm (Niagara)
July 29 1813 US burns the King George Inn at Burlington
October 19 1814 US burns Cook's Mills, destroys 200 bushels of wheat
October 6 1813 US captures 6 British schooners in troop convoy - False Ducks
August 20-September 6 1814 skirmishes around Fort Erie
October 9 1812 US destroys MP brig Detroit, captures PM brig Caledonia
December 10 1813 - burning of Newark
July 1814, British withdraw from Ft St Joseph, US moves in and burns it, captures schooner
November 7 1813 British failure to stop US flotilla at Fort Wellington
March 4 1814 US repulse of British attack at De French River
October 21 1812 US raid on Gray's Mills
November 10 1813 US wins skirmish at Hoople's Creek
November 10 1812 Burlington Races
August 10-31 1814 Burlington is blockaded
May 10 1813 US party overcomes guards, burns supply building - Lake Ontario
US schooner Lady of the Lakes captures Lady Murray June 16 1813
US boats capture HM gunboat Blacksnake June 19 1813
May 14-15 1814 US raids Long Point
November 6 1814 US raids Malcom's Mills
October 7 1813 US burns Moraviantown
June 27 1814 US burns newly finished schooner at New Castle
December 10 1813 US burns Newark and St David
May 28 1813 The British evacuates all posts on the Niagara river
August 14 1814 US squadron destroys blockhouse and HM schoon Nancy on the Nottawasaga
April 5 1814 US raid on Oxford
May 14-15 1814 US raids at Patterson's Creek
May 14-15 1814 US raids and burns Dover and Port Ryerse
February 1814 US raid on Port Talbot - burned and never rebuilt
May 19 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
July 20 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
August 16 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
September 20 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
May 26 1813 US seizes British post at Queenston
December 11 1813 US burns parts of Queenston
July 7 1814 US occupies Queenston
July 18 1814 2 US gunboats capture 15 British supply boats and rebel counterattack Rockport
July 5 1812 US bombs Windsor
July 12 1812 US invades burns Sandwich
September 29 1813 US occupies Sandwich, British flee a second time
July 21 1814 US burns NW Co Trading Post, captured merchantman Sault Ste Marie
July 18 1814 US burns St David
July 22 1814 US repulses counterattack at St David
July 27 1812 US schoon Julia drives of PM schoons Moira and Gloucester
July 31 1812 3 US gigs capture British vessel of the PM RC St Lawrence
November 17 1814 US captures 2 gunboats St Lawrence
September 14 1813 US raids Sugar Loaf
October 2 1813 British fail in the attempt to destroy a bridges on the Thames
October 5 1813 US captures British supply boats on the Thames
July 9 1814 US skirmish at Thames river
January 31 1814 US skirmish captures British detachment
October 23-November 16 1814 McArthur's raids in the Thames Valley
July-August 1812 privateer Rosie captures Princess Royal, Kitty, Fame, Devonshire, Squid, Brothers,
Henry, Race-horse, Halifax, William, Two Brothers, and Jeanie off Nova Scotia
June 18 1813 US barges repulse British attempt to take sloops James river
June 22 1813 British feint at Lynnhaven Bay repulsed
December 1813 US repulses British landing party at Lynnhaven bay
December 30 1813 US repulse of British attempt to salvage grounded schooner, Lynnhaven
June 30 1812 US captures schooner Witing
June 20 1813 US flotilla repulses frigate Junon Norfolk
January 18 1814 US repulse of British attempt to burn schooner Rappahannock River
August 6 1814 US repulse of British landing Rappahannock River
July 26 1814 US repulse of British raid Lawnes Creek
June 20 1813 US repulses British attack on Ft Oswego
June 19 2013 US repulse of British raid at Sodus Point
September 1813 New Inlet, NC, US captures crewmen from the privateer Mars
February 1815 US capture of British tender at Ocracoke Bar
July 1814 US capture of raiding party from HM brig Lacedemonian S of Wilmington NC
July 18 1813 US privateers capture 15 bateuax and the gunboat Spitfire (1000 Islands)
July 21 1813 US privateers repulse British landing (1000 Islands)
July 27 1813 British attempt to capture same US privateers (Cape Vincent)
April 25 1814 British attempt to burn the frigate Superior is repulsed
July 2 1813 Small British force lands at Sackets Harbor but withdraws after detection
June 28 1814 - spars destined for the frigate Confiance captured enroute
August 3 1814 British attempt to take Buffalo NY is repulsed
June 14-15 1814 Port Charlotte US repulses raid
May 30 1812 US seizes and destroys Fort Haldimand
May 22 1815 US reoccupies Fort Niagara
November 1-2 1813 British naval attack on French creek is driven off with hot shot
April 29 1813 US repulse of landing at Elkton
July 20 1813 US captures large convoy of bateaux
July 12 1814 US repulse of repeat attempt at Elkton
September 14 1814 US repulse of landing at Fort Babcock
October 31 1814 US repulse of British attack at Kirby's Wind Mill
February 7 1815 capture of sloop Dauntless
June 14 1814 HMS Nimrod is driven off and landing aborted
June 5 1812 brig Oneida captures PM schooner Lord Nelson
November 10 1812 Growler captures Elizabeth
August 5 1814 Sylph drives off HMS Magnet, forces it aground (Ontario)
October 6 1813 US capture of 7 British transports
August 9 1812 attempted British attack on US supply train is repulsed
March 18 1814 US raids at Cockerel creek
June 3 1813 US repulse of British raid Harris Creek
May 12 1813 US repulse of British landing Horn Harbor - Mobjack bay
Aprill 11 1813 US RC Thomas Jefferson captures 3 barges and take 69 POWs
March 1813 US raid Craney Island
June 2 1813 US repulse of British raid at Harris Creek
October 4-5 1814 US raid on Northumberland Courthouse
April 4 1813 US repulse of British landing Chewning Point Carter Creek
May 14 1814 US repulse of British attempt to destroy shipping Vergennes (Otter Creek)
June 2-3 1813 US repulse of British raid Blake River
February 11 1813 British lose skirmish at Cape Henry
July 14 1813 US attack and capture of British landing party
March 10 1813 US repulse of British raid Cape Charles
August 2 1813 US repulse of HM sloops Broke and Shannon at Burlington
July 31 1813 British 3 day cannonade is driven off by return American fire - Burlington
May 14 1812 US cannonade of Fort Cassin
October 12 1813 US attack and capture of British garrisson at Missisquoi
October 4 1813 USRC Vigilant captures Dart off Block Island
September 25 1813 US repulse of Indian/British/Canadian attack at Miami rapids
August 2 1813 US repulse of British attack at Fort Stephenson
July 29 1812 US gunboats attack HMS Junon (frigate aground)
October 23 1812 US captures British post at French Mills
July 11 1813 US drives off attackers on Fort Schlossler
June 26 1812 US captures Carleton Island on the St Lawrence
June 3 1813 Gunboats drive off british sloop Herald out of Mobile Bay
April 8 1814 US booby trap kills 11 in New London
August 9 1814 Ineffectual British cannonade at Stonginton
29 June 1812 US gunboats capture 3 British merchant ships off Spanish Florida
February 24 1815 American ambush British troops at St Mary's River
Januar 25 1815 Barataria Island skirmish
December 8 1814 US gunboats force retreat of HM frigate Armide
January 1 1815 US artillery duel with Royal Artillery
1700-1740 defeats at the hands of the French and Spanish
Queen Anne's War
1 January 1709 Battle of St. John's
Quebec Expedition 1711 - 900 dead due to shipwreck
10 August–6 October 1703 Northeast Coast campaign (1703)
August 10–19, 1703 Battle of Falmouth (1703)
February 29, 1704 Raid on Deerfield
August 22 – September 1, 1707 Siege of Port Royal
August 29, 1708 Raid on Haverhill
10/21 June 1711 Battle of Bloody Creek
10 November – 30 December 1702 Siege of St. Augustine
August 12–20, 1707 Siege of Pensacola
November 28–30, 1707 Siege of Pensacola
19–25 August 1702 Action of August 1702
1703 Siege of Guadeloupe
October 1703 Raid on Nassau
12–22 September 1711 Battle of Rio de Janeiro
1712 Cassard expedition
2–3 May, 1707 Action of 2 May 1707
21 October 1707 Battle at the Lizard
23 August – 30 September 1702 Battle of Cádiz
29 July – 21 August 1707 Battle of Toulon
6 November 1706 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
25 April 1707 Battle of Almansa
7th May, 1709 Battle of La Gudiña
10 December 1710 Battle of Villaviciosa
21 December 1719 Battle of Cape St Vincent
April 19, 1723 – January 28, 1724 Northeast Coast Campaign (1723)
February, 1760 to August 9, 1760 Siege of Fort Loudoun
June 27, 1760 Battle of Echoee
French victories over the British 1745-1815
May 1745 Fontenoy French victory -
Oct 1746 Roucoux French victory -
July 1747 Lauffeldt French victory -
Nov 1747 Berge-op-Zoom French victory -
1748 Maastricht French victory -
July 1754 Fort Necessity French Victory
July 1755 Monongahela River French Victory
Aug 1756 Oswego French victory -
July 1757 Hastenbeck French victory -
Aug 1757 Fort William Henry French victory -
Jul 1758 Ticonderoga French victory -
Oct 1781 Yorktown American-French victory -
Aug-Dec 1793 Toulon French victory
6-8 Sep 1793 Hondeschoote French victory -
17-18 May 1794 Tourcoing French victory -
22 Aug 1798 Killala Bay French victory -
27 Aug 1798 Castlebar French victory -
5 Sep 1798 Callooney French victory -
8 Sep 1798 Ballinamuck French victory -
19 Sep 1799 Bergen Op Zoom French victory -
6 Oct 1799 Casstricum French victory -
16 Jan 1809 Coruna French victory -
27 June 1809 Casa de Salinas French victory -
July-Dec 1809 Walcheren French victory -
16-24 May 1810 Siege of Mequinenza French victory -
10 July 1810 Barquilla French victory -
24 July 1810 Coa River French victory
11 Aug 1810 Villagarcia French victory -
13 Oct 1810 Fuengirola Polish-French victory -
April-May 1811 Blockade of Almeida French victory -
April-May 1811 2nd Siege of Badajoz French victory -
5 May 1811 Fuentes de Onoro French
May-June 1811 3rd Siege of Badajoz French victory -
June 1811 Operations around Almeida French victory -
22 June 1811 Elvas French victory -
25 Sep 1811 El Bodon French victory.
29 Dec 1811 Membrillo French victory -
11 April 1812 Villagarcia French victory -
11 June 1812 Maguilla French victory -
18 July 1812 Castrejon French victory -
11 Aug 1812 Malajahonda French victory -
Sep-Oct 1812 Siege of Burgos French victory.
23 Oct 1812 Venta del Pozo French victory -
25 Oct 1812 Villa Muriel French victory -
28 Oct 1812 Tordesillas French victory -
17 Nov 1812 San Munoz French victory -
June 1813 Siege of Tarragona French victory -
24 June 1813 Villafranca French victory -
25 July 1813 Roncesvalles French victory -
25 July 1813 Maya French victory -
July-Aug 1813 Siege of San Sebastian French-Alliesvictory -
26-28 July 1813 Sorauren French-Allies victory -
July-Aug 1813 Blockade of Tarragona French victory -
2 Aug 1813 Lizaso French victory -
Ordal and Villafranca French victory -
7 Oct 1813 Vera French victory -
16 Jan 1814 Molins de Rey French victory -
Feb-April 1814 Siege of Bayonne French victory -
8 March 1814 Bergen op Zoom French victory -
17 March 1814 Daunia's Raid French victory -
19 March 1814 Vic-Bigorre French victory -
10 April 1814 Toulouse draw
14 April 1814 Bayonne French victory -
16 June 1815 Quatre Bras draw ? victory ?
17 June 1815 Genappe French victory
French victories over the British - War of Austrian Succession/King George's War
11 May 1745 Battle of Fontenoy
9 July 1745 Battle of Melle
July 1745 Occupation of Ghent
11 October 1746 Battle of Rocoux
2 July 1747 Battle of Lauffeld
July – September 1747 Siege of Bergen op Zoom
May 23, 1744 Raid on Canso
July 19 – Sept 5, 1745 Northeast Coast Campaign (1745)
November 28, 1745 Raid on Saratoga
April - September, 1746 Northeast Coast Campaign (1746)
11 July 1746 Battle at Port-la-Joye
August 19–20, 1746 Battle of Grand-Pré
February 10–11, 1747 Battle of Grand-Pré
April - September, 1747 Northeast Coast Campaign (1747)
April-May 1748 Siege of Maastricht (1748)
20 April, 1744 Battle of Villafranca
22 February 1744 Battle of Toulon
8 May 1744 Action of 8 May 1744
20 September 1746 Raid on Lorient
Spanish victories over the British - War of Jenkins Ear
June 26, 1740 Battle of Fort Mose
13 June–20 July 1740 Siege of St. Augustine
March–May 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
4-5 August - 9 December 1741 Invasion of Cuba
2 March 1743 Battle of La Guaira
April 16, 1743 Battle of Puerto Cabello
April 9, 1748 2nd Battle of Santiago de Cuba
October 12, 1748 Battle of Havana
25 July – 19 October 1747 1st Glorioso
25 July – 19 October 1747 2nd Glorioso
25 July – 19 October 1747 3rd Glorioso
25 July – 19 October 1747 4th Glorioso
French victories over the British (F/I War)
27 March 1756 Battle of Fort Bull
August 10–14, 1756 Battle of Fort Oswego
23 July 1757 Battle of Sabbath Day Point
3–9 August 1757 Siege of Fort William Henry
November 12, 1757 Attack on German Flatts
March 23, 1758 Battle on Snowshoes
July 6–8, 1758 Battle of Carillon
31 July 1759 Battle of Beauport
April 28, 1760 Battle of Sainte-Foy
May–July 1755 Braddock Expedition
9 July 1755 Battle of the Monongahela
March or April, 1756 Battle of the Trough
April 4, 1756 Battle of Sideling Hill
April 18, 1756 Battle of Great Cacapon
14 September 1758 Battle of Fort Duquesne
September 4, 1755 Battle of Petitcodiac
May 8, 1756 Raid on Lunenburg
December 8, 1757 Battle of Bloody Creek
March - December 1758 Lunenburg Campaign
16–19 January 1759 Invasion of Martinique
July 31, 1763 Battle of Bloody Run
September 14, 1763 Battle of Devil's Hole
Spanish victories over the British - Anglo Spanish War
9 August 1780 Action of 9 August 1780
19 August 1781 – 5 February 1782 Siege of Fort St. Philip
20 October 1782 Battle of Cape Spartel
September 7, 1779 Capture of Fort Bute
September 10, 1779 Battle of Lake Pontchartrain
September 12–21, 1779 Battle of Baton Rouge
March 2–14, 1780 Battle of Fort Charlotte
May 25, 1780 Battle of St. Louis
January 7, 1781 Battle of Mobile
March 9–May 8, 1781 Siege of Pensacola
October 16 – November 29, 1779 Battle of San Fernando de Omoa
March 17 – November 8, 1780 San Juan Expedition
March 16, 1782 Battle of Roatán
May 1782 Capture of the Bahamas
6 October 1779 Action of 6 October 1779
16 April 1781 Battle of Porto Praya
25 January 1797 - Action of 25 January
22–25 July 1797 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Assault on Cadiz (1797)
25 - 26 August 1800 Ferrol Expedition (1800)
19 January 1799 Action of 19 January
10 December 1800 Action of 7 July
10 December 1800 Action of 10 December
6 July 1801 First Battle of Algeciras
28 August–5 September 1796 Newfoundland expedition
17 April – 2 May 1797 Battle of San Juan (1797)
31 May – 2 June 1805 Battle of Diamond Rock
1806 - 1807 British Invasions of the Río de la Plata
Turkish victories over the British
Anglo-Turkish War (1807-1809)
Gallipoli 1915
Al Kut 1915
Dujaila 1916
Hanna 1916
Wadi 1916
Sheikh Sa'ad 1916
Ctesiphon 1915
Katia 1916
Gaza 1917
2nd Gaza 1917
Bir el Abb 1916
Jordan 1918
Transjordan 1918
Krithia 1915
2nd Krithia 1915
3rd Krithia 1915
4th Krithia 1915
Cape Hellis 1915
Anzac Cove 1915
Nr. 3 Post 1915
Suvla 1915
Sari Bair 1915
The Nek 1915
Chunuk Bair 1915
Scimitar Hill 1915
Boer Victories over the British
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit -20 December 1880
Siege of Rustenburg 27 December 1880-30 March 1881
Siege of Marabastad 1 January 1880–2 April 1881
Siege of Lydenburg 6 January 1881 - 30 March 1881
Battle of Laing's Nek 28 January 1881
Battle of Schuinshoogte 8 February 1881
Kraipaan October 1899
Ladysmith 30 October 1899
Stormberg 10 December 1899
Magersfontein 11 December 1899
Colenso December 1899
Spion Kopp January 1900
Vaal Krantz February 1900
Bloody Sunday February 1900
Sanna's Post March 1900
Leliefontein November 1900
Mooietegedacht December 1900
Elands River September 1901
Blood River Port September 1901
Bakenlaagte October 1901
Groenkop December 1901
Tweebosch March 1902
Japanese Victories over the British
Dec 1941 - Malaya
Dec 1941 - Singapore
Dec 1941 - Op. Krohcol
Dec 1941 - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk
Dec 1941 - Jitra
Dec 1941 - Gurun
Jan 1942 - Slim River
Jan 1942 - Muar
Jan 1942- Endau
Feb 1942 - Sarimbun Beach
Feb 1942 - Kranji
Feb 1942 - Bukit Timah
Feb 1942 - Pasir Panjang
-at this point: 60,500 casualties/40,000 POW
Feb 1942 - Bilin River
Feb 1942 - Sittang Bridge
March 1942 - Prome
May 1943 - Arakan - 5,000 KIA/WIA
Surrender of Singapore - 120,000 POW
-largest British garrison in the world at the time, larger than London
Surrender of Hong Kong - 15,000 POW
German victories over the British WW1
23 August 1914 - Battle of Mons - 250 mile retreat from Belgium
26 August 1914 - Battle of Le Cateau
26 August 1914 - Battle of Le Grand Fayt
27 August 1914 - Battle of Étreux
28 September – 10 October 1914 - Siege of Antwerp
Wednesday 21 April – 25 May 1915 - Second Battle of Ypres - 70,000 casualties
9 May – 18 June 1915 - Second Battle of Artois - 28,000 casualties
9 May 1915 - Battle of Aubers Ridge
15–25 May 1915 - Battle of Festubert
25 September – 4 November 1915 - Third Battle of Artois - 60,000 casualties
25 September – 14 October 1915 - Battle of Loos - 60,000 casualties
1 July – 18 November 1916 - Battle of the Somme - 620,000 casualties
1–13 July 1916 - Battle of Alberty - 57,000 casualties 1st day
19–20 July 1916 - Battle of Fromelles
25 September 1916 - Capture of Lesbœufs
7 October – 16 November 1916 - Butte de Warlencourt
9 October 1917 - Battle of Poelcappelle
12 October 1917 - First Battle of Passchendaele
21 March – 5 April 1918 - Operation Michael - 177,000 casualties - retreat starts
7–29 April 1918 - Battle of the Lys
German/Axis defeats inflicted onto the British in Africa, at sea or elsewhere (WW1):
27–29 April 1916 - gassed their own troops at Hulluch
29 - 31 August 1914 - First Battle of Garua
6 September 1914 - Battle of Nsanakong
1 May - late June 1915 -First Battle of Jaunde
26 September 1914 -Battle of Sandfontein
20 September 1914 - Battle of Zanzibar
November 3, 1914 -Battle of Kilimanjaro
3–5 November 1914 - Battle of Tanga
18–19 January 1915 - Battle of Jassin
February 12, 1916 - Battle of Salaita
9–11 September 1916 - Battle of Dutumi
7–11 September 1916 - Battle of Kisaki
3–4 January 1917 - Battle of Behobeho
15–18 October 1917 - Battle of Mahiwa
25 November 1917 - Battle of Ngomano
3–5 November 1914 - Battle of Tanga
16 January 1916 - Action of 16 January 1916
10 March 1917 - Action of 10 March 1917
22 September 1914 - Bombardment of Madras
22 September 1914 - Bombardment of Papeete
1 November 1914 - Battle of Coronel
7 September, 1914 - Fanning Raid
16 December 1914 - Raids on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
22 September 1914 - The Action of 22 September 1914
10 February 1916 - Battle of Dogger Bank
24 April 1916 - Bombardment of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft
26–27 October 1916 - Battle of Dover Strait (1916)
17 October 1917 - Action off Lerwick
23 April 1918 - Zeebrugge Raid - 600 Royal Marine casualties
23–24 April 1918 - First Ostend Raid
9 May 1918 - Second Ostend Raid
28 July-10 August 1914 - Naval Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau
19 February – 18 March 1915 - Naval Operations in the Dardanelles Campaign
14–15 May 1917 - Battle of the Strait of Otranto
German victories over the British - WW2
18 December 1939 - Battle of the Heligoland Bight
22–26 May 1940 - Siege of Calais - 4,000 POW
21 May 1940 - Battle of Arras
22–25 May 1940 -Battle of Boulogne
28 May - 4 June 1940 - Battle of Abbeville
26 May–4 June 1940 - Battle of Dunkirk - 40,000 POW
17 November 1940 - Operation White
27 November 1940 - Battle of Cape Spartivento
9–16 September 1940 - Italian invasion of Egypt
3–19 August 1940 - Italians take British Somaliland
25–28 February 1941 - Operation Abstention
26 March 1941 - Sinking of HMS York
26–27 May 1941 - Operation Skorpion
15–17 June 1941 - Operation Battleaxe - 100 tanks lost
10–18 November 1941 - Operation Flipper
17 December 1941 - First Battle of Sirte
19 December 1941 - Raid on Alexandria
24–25 April 1941 - Battle of Thermopylae
13 April 1941 -Battle of Ptolemaida
11–12 April 1941 - Battle of Vevi
20 May 1941 – 1 June 1941 - Surrender of Crete 17,000 POW
9–12 September 1941 - Convoy SC 42
5–10 August 1942 - Convoy SC 94
29 October–4 November 1942 - Convoy SC 107
4–7 February 1943 -Convoy SC 118
5 November 1940 - Convoy HX-84
8 June 1940 - Operation Juno
9 April 1940 - first naval battle of Narvik
9 April-8 June 1940 - Battle of Narvik
April and early May, 1940 - Åndalsnes landings
April and early May, 1940 -Namsos Campaign
9 April 1940 - Action off Lofoten
21 May 1940 - HMS Effingham scuttled
May 24, 1940 - Operation Alphabet - British evacuation of 26,000
8 June 1940 - British carrier HMS Glorious is sunk by German ships
28 April 1942 - Convoy QP 11
5 May 1942 - St Albans accidentally sank supporting Polish submarine ORP Jastrząb
25 May 1942 - German aircraft attacks sink 6 British vessels, damage 5 more
24 June 1942 - A StG 5 Ju 87 sank HMS Gossamer in Kola Bay
20 September 1942 - U-435 sank HMS Leda
20 September 1942 - U-255 sank 4937-ton Silver Sword
20 September 1942 - U-703 sank HMS Somali
20 September 1942 - U-435 sank 5345-ton Bellingham, Ocean Voice and Grey Ranger
2 November 1942 - U-586 sank 6640-ton Empire Gilbert
30 January 1943 - U-278 sank HMS Hardy
19 November 1941 - Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran
31 March – 10 April 1942 - Indian Ocean raid
5 and 9 April 1942 - Easter Sunday Raid on Ceylon
14 May 1942: A KG 30 Ju 88 dive bomber sank HMS Trinidad
30 January 1941-18 February 1941 - Convoy HX.106
4 April 1941 - Action of 4 April 1941
10–-28 May 1941 - Convoy HX.126
24 May 1941 - Battle of the Denmark Strait
22–25 August 1942 - Convoy ON 122
9–14 September 1942 - Convoy ON 127
12–16 October 1942 - Convoy SC 104
15–18 November 1942 - Convoy ON 144
26–30 December 1942 - Convoy ON 154
3–12 January 1943 - Convoy TM 1
6–10 March 1943 - Convoy SC 121
20–25 February 1943 - Convoy ON 166
10-11 March 1943 - Convoy HX 228
16–19 March 1943 - Convoy HX 229/SC 122
22 to 23 October 1943 - Battle off Sept-Îles
11–13 February 1942 - Channel Dash
11–12 February 1942 - Channel Dash
26 May – 21 June 1942 - Battle of Gazala
29 September 1942 - Operation Braganza
22 March 1942 - Second Battle of Sirte
12–15 June 1942 -Operation Harpoon
12–16 June 1942 - Operation Vigorous
9–15 August 1942 - Operation Pedestal
19 August 1942 - Dieppe Raid
13–14 September 1942 - Operation Agreement - SAS and Royal Marines decimated
10 November–25 December 1942 - The Run for Tunis
11 December 1942 - Raid on Algiers
16 April 1943 - Battle of the Cigno Convoy
8 September – 22 November 1943 - Dodecanese Campaign
26 September – 16 November 1943 Battle of Leros 110+ RAF aircraft lost
3–4 October 1943 - Battle of Kos - 1,400 British POWs
6 November 1943 - Action off Cape Bougaroun
7–14 June 1944 - Operation Perch
11 June 1944 - Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry
18–20 July 1944 - Operation Goodwood 300+ tanks lost
19–25 July 1944 - Battle of Verrières Ridge
July 25–27, 1944 - Operation Spring
14–21 August 1944 - Operation Tractable - high allied casualties due to friendly fire
17–26 September 1944 - Battle of Arnhem 7,000 POW
22-23 October 1944 - Operation Pegasus 140 British paratroopers rescued
16 December 1941– March 1942 - Battle of Borneo
13–15 February 1942 - Battle of Palembang
18–20 February 1942 - Battle of Badung Strait
19 February 1942 – 10 February 1943 - Battle of Timor
27 February 1942 - Battle of the Java Sea
28 February – 1 March 1942- Battle of Sunda Strait
28 February—12 March 1942 - Battle of Java
1 March 1942 - Battle of the Java Sea (II)
March 20 – March 26, 1944 - Battle of Sangshak
Prisoners of War - by conflict.
US Revolution - 23,000 on land, 16,000 at sea
W-1812 - 30,000 at sea , 6,000 regulars on land
WW1 - 170,389
WW2- 180,488
Here's why:
Wars lost by Great Britain/England
1st Anglo Maratha War
Napoleonic Wars
1st Coalition
2nd Coalition
3rd Coalition
4th Coalition
5th Coalition
Pontiacs Rebellion 1763
British invasions of the Río de la Plata
Scilly naval disaster of 1707
First Cevallos expedition
Palestine 1948
Suez 1951
Greece 1948
Iraq 2007 (total withdrawal from Basrah)
Aden Emergency 1967
Cypres Emergency 1959
Turkish War of Independence 1923
Anglo Turk War 1805
Russian Intervention 1920
Aroostock War
Pig War
1st Anglo Ashanti War
3rd Anglo Afghan war
First Anglo-Mysore War
First Anglo-Maratha War
American Revolutionary War
AngloSpanish war of 1770s
2nd Anglo Dutch War
3rd Anglo Dutch War
War in the Vendée
First Anglo-Afghan War
-1919 Afghanistan:
-1880 Afghanistan
-1878 Afghanistan
-1842 Afghanistan
-1840 Afghanistan
First Boer War
Roman Conquest AD 43
Norman Conquest 1066
Hundred Years War 1337–1453
American victories over the British 1775-1783
April 19, 1775 Lexington and Concord
March 17, 1776 Siege of Boston
May 27–28, 1775 Chelsea Creek
June 11–12, 1775 Battle of Machias
August 9, 1775 Battle of Gloucester
March 4 1776 Dorchester Heights
May 10 1775 Capture of Ft. Ticonderoga
November 3 1775 Siege of Ft. Jean
March 25 1776 Battle of St Pierre
September 16 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights
December 23 1776 Battle of Iron works Hill
December 26 1776 Battle of Trenton
January 2 1777 Battle of Assuninpink Creek
Januard 3 1777 Battle of Princeton
Jan-March 1777 Forage War - NJ
January 20 1777 Battle of Millstone
August 22 1777 Battle of Ft. Stanwix
August 6 1777 Battle of Oriskany
August 16 1777 Battle of Bennington
October 1777 Saratoga campaign
June 26 1777 Battle of Short Hills
October 22 1777 Battle of Red Bank
December 8 1777 Battle of White Marsh
November 25 1777 Battle of Gloucester
June 28 1778 Battle of Monmouth
September 7–18, 1778 Siege of Boonesborough
July 1778 – February 1779 Kaskasia Vincennes
August 8, 1780 Battle of Piqua
April 1781 Choscoton
August 29 1779 Battle of Newtown
October 19 1780 Battle of Klock's Field
October 25 1781 Battle of Johnstown
November-December 1775 - Southern patriot "Snow Campaign"
December 9 1775 Battle of the Great Bridge
February 27 1776 Battle of the Creek Bridge
March 2-3 1776 Battle of the Rice Boats
June 28 1776 Battle of Sullivan's Island
July 15 1776 Battle of Lindley's Fort
April 18 1776 Frederica
February 3 1779 Battle of Beaufort
February 14 1779 Battle of Kettle Creek
June 8 1780 Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
June 20 1780 Battle of Ramsour's Mill
July 12 1780 Battle of Williamson's Plantation
July 21 1780 Battle of Colson's Mill
August 6 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock
August 18 1780 Battle of Musgrove Hill
September 21 1780 Battle of Wahab's Plantation
September 14 1780 Battle of the Black Mingo
September 26 1780 Battle of Charlotte
October 7 1780 Battle of Kingsmountain
October 14 1780 Battle of Shallow Ford
November 9 1780 Battle of Fishdam Ford
November 20 1780 Battle of Blackstock Farm
January 17 1781 Battle of the Cowpens
February 25 1781 Battle of Haw River
April 23 1781 Battle of Ft Watson
April 25 1781 Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
May 12 1781 Siege of Ft Motte
June 6 1781 Augusta
September 8 1781 Eutaw springs
25 February 1779 Vincennes
September 13 1782 2nd Siege of Ft Henry
September 10 1779 Battle of Lake Pontchartrain
March 3 1776 Capture of Nassau
March 24 1778 Capture of the HMS Drake
September 23 1779 Capture of the HMS Serapis
June 29 1776 Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
September 8 1781 Captureof the HMS Savage
May 29 1781 Capture of the HMS Atalanta
May 29 1781 Capture of the HMS Trepassey
March 6 1783 USS Alliance defeats HMS Sybil
April 8 1782 Battle of Delaware Bay
July 1 1782 Raid on Nova Scotia
March 8 1781 Skirmish at Water's Creek
July 9 1781 Franciso beats Tarleton
July 24 1781 Francisco beats Tarleton
October 19, 1781 Yorktown
American victories over the British in 1812-14
19 July 1812 1st Sackets
21 Sept 1812 Raid on Gananoque
7 Feb 1813 Raid on Elizabethtown
27 Apr 1813 1st burning of York
31 July 1813 2nd burning of York
28-29 May 1813 2nd Sackets
May 29 1813 Big Sandy Creek
June 1 1813 US repulse of Royal Marine raid north of Sackets
6-11 Sept 1814 Plattsburgh
28 Nov 1812 Frenchman's Creek
25-27 May 1813 Capture of Ft George
14-16 May 1814 Raid on Port Dover
3 July 1814 Capture of Fort Erie
5 July 1814 Chippewa
Aug-Sept 1814 Siege of Fort Erie
5-15 Sept 1812 Siege of Ft Harrison
5-12 Sept 1812 Siege of Ft Wayne
17-18 Dec 1812 Mississinewa
28 Apr-9May 1813 Siege of Ft Meigs
2 Aug 1813 Ft Stephenson
10 Sept 1813 Victory on Lake Erie
5 Oct 1813 Thames
4 March 1814 Longwoods
29 April 1813 Elk's Landing
6 Nov 1814 Malcom's Mills
22 June 1813 Craney Island
10 August 1813 St Michaels
12 Sept 1814 North Point
31 Aug 1814 Caulk's Field
12-15 Sept 1814 Baltimore
1814 Battle of Rock Harbor - HMS Newcastle party thrown back
6 Dec 1814 Farnham church
7-9 Nov 1814 Pensacola
14-16 Sept 1814 1st Ft Bowyer
13 Dec 1814 - Jackson's probe
8 Jan 1815 New Orleans
9-18 Jan 1815 Ft St Phillip
13 Aug 1812 capture of the Alert
19 Aug 1812 capture of the Guerriere
18 Oct 1812 capture of the Frolic
25 Oct 1812 capture of the Macedonian
29 Dec 1812 capture of the Java
24 Feb 1813 sinking of the Peacock
5 Aug 1813 capture of the Dominica
5 Sept 1813 capture of the Boxer
28 Apr 1814 capture of the Epervier
28 Jun 1814 sinking of the Reindeer
1 Sept 1814 sinking of the Avon
20 Feb 1815 capture of the Levant
20 Feb 1815 capture of the Cyane
23 Mar 1815 capture of the Penguin
11 Dec 1812 capture of the Rachel
25 Mar 1813 privateer Nereyda captured
28 Mar 1813 whaler Barclay
29-Apr - 15 Sep 1813 armed whaler Montezuma
Georgiana captured
Policy captured
Atlantic captured
armed whaler Greenwich captured
Catherine captured
whaler Rose
whaler Hector
armed privateer Seringapatam
Charlton
New Zealander
whaler Sir Andrew Hammond
Lake vessels captured from the British:
HMS Detroit
HMS Queen Charlotte
HMS Hunter
HMS Lady Prevost
HMS Little Belt
- six smaller vessels also taken after the Battle of Lake Erie
HMS Chubb
HMS Linnet
HMS Confiance
HMS Finch
- 12 additional gun boats taken at Battle of Lake Champlain
HMS Caledonia
HMS Hamilton
HMS Broke
HMS Pictou
HMS Ballahou
packet Swallow
HMS Landrail
HMS Hamilton
recapture of the Wasp
Defeat of the 44 gun frigate HMS Ulysses
HMS Whiting
HMS Lord Nelson
October 8-11 1813 US raids - Twenty Mile Creek
November 26 1813 repeat US raid Twenty Mile Creek
September 20 1814 US raids settlements in the Western District
July 31-August 1 1813 US re-raids York, burns barracks
August 28 1813 British ships detect US raiding party at York, British flee to Burlington
October 27 1813 US raid on Frelighsburg
October 12 1813 US raid in Missisiquoi Bay
October 20 1812 US raid on Odelltown
September 20 1813 US skirmishes at Odelltown
August 10 1814 officer captured in Odelltown during skirmish
October 11-13 1813 US raids in Philippsburg, Mississiquoi bay area
January 22 1814 US raids Philippsburg
March 22 1814 US captures and occupies Philippsburg
October 23 1812 US attacks captures St Regis and 28 guns (artillery)
October 4 1812 British revenge attack for Gananoque is repulsed
June 26 1813 US repulse of British attack at Pagan Creek
July 2 1813 repeat British attack at Pagan creek repulsed
March 18 1813 US capture of RN seamen
June 10 1813 US repulse of British landing on island on the York river
June 22 1813 US repulses landing at Wise Creek
July 31 1812 US privateer captures Royal Bounty off Newfoundland
September 23 1813 British withdraw from Fort Malden- subsequent US recapture
September 29, 1813 recapture of Fort Shelby
December 20 1813 US raid at Arnolds Mill
July 26 1814 US destroys Burch's Mills
May 14-16 1814 US raids at Charlotteville
July 25 1814 US raids Charlotteville
July 7th 1813 US victory at Butler's Farm (Niagara)
July 29 1813 US burns the King George Inn at Burlington
October 19 1814 US burns Cook's Mills, destroys 200 bushels of wheat
October 6 1813 US captures 6 British schooners in troop convoy - False Ducks
August 20-September 6 1814 skirmishes around Fort Erie
October 9 1812 US destroys MP brig Detroit, captures PM brig Caledonia
December 10 1813 - burning of Newark
July 1814, British withdraw from Ft St Joseph, US moves in and burns it, captures schooner
November 7 1813 British failure to stop US flotilla at Fort Wellington
March 4 1814 US repulse of British attack at De French River
October 21 1812 US raid on Gray's Mills
November 10 1813 US wins skirmish at Hoople's Creek
November 10 1812 Burlington Races
August 10-31 1814 Burlington is blockaded
May 10 1813 US party overcomes guards, burns supply building - Lake Ontario
US schooner Lady of the Lakes captures Lady Murray June 16 1813
US boats capture HM gunboat Blacksnake June 19 1813
May 14-15 1814 US raids Long Point
November 6 1814 US raids Malcom's Mills
October 7 1813 US burns Moraviantown
June 27 1814 US burns newly finished schooner at New Castle
December 10 1813 US burns Newark and St David
May 28 1813 The British evacuates all posts on the Niagara river
August 14 1814 US squadron destroys blockhouse and HM schoon Nancy on the Nottawasaga
April 5 1814 US raid on Oxford
May 14-15 1814 US raids at Patterson's Creek
May 14-15 1814 US raids and burns Dover and Port Ryerse
February 1814 US raid on Port Talbot - burned and never rebuilt
May 19 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
July 20 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
August 16 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
September 20 1814 US raid on Port Talbot
May 26 1813 US seizes British post at Queenston
December 11 1813 US burns parts of Queenston
July 7 1814 US occupies Queenston
July 18 1814 2 US gunboats capture 15 British supply boats and rebel counterattack Rockport
July 5 1812 US bombs Windsor
July 12 1812 US invades burns Sandwich
September 29 1813 US occupies Sandwich, British flee a second time
July 21 1814 US burns NW Co Trading Post, captured merchantman Sault Ste Marie
July 18 1814 US burns St David
July 22 1814 US repulses counterattack at St David
July 27 1812 US schoon Julia drives of PM schoons Moira and Gloucester
July 31 1812 3 US gigs capture British vessel of the PM RC St Lawrence
November 17 1814 US captures 2 gunboats St Lawrence
September 14 1813 US raids Sugar Loaf
October 2 1813 British fail in the attempt to destroy a bridges on the Thames
October 5 1813 US captures British supply boats on the Thames
July 9 1814 US skirmish at Thames river
January 31 1814 US skirmish captures British detachment
October 23-November 16 1814 McArthur's raids in the Thames Valley
July-August 1812 privateer Rosie captures Princess Royal, Kitty, Fame, Devonshire, Squid, Brothers,
Henry, Race-horse, Halifax, William, Two Brothers, and Jeanie off Nova Scotia
June 18 1813 US barges repulse British attempt to take sloops James river
June 22 1813 British feint at Lynnhaven Bay repulsed
December 1813 US repulses British landing party at Lynnhaven bay
December 30 1813 US repulse of British attempt to salvage grounded schooner, Lynnhaven
June 30 1812 US captures schooner Witing
June 20 1813 US flotilla repulses frigate Junon Norfolk
January 18 1814 US repulse of British attempt to burn schooner Rappahannock River
August 6 1814 US repulse of British landing Rappahannock River
July 26 1814 US repulse of British raid Lawnes Creek
June 20 1813 US repulses British attack on Ft Oswego
June 19 2013 US repulse of British raid at Sodus Point
September 1813 New Inlet, NC, US captures crewmen from the privateer Mars
February 1815 US capture of British tender at Ocracoke Bar
July 1814 US capture of raiding party from HM brig Lacedemonian S of Wilmington NC
July 18 1813 US privateers capture 15 bateuax and the gunboat Spitfire (1000 Islands)
July 21 1813 US privateers repulse British landing (1000 Islands)
July 27 1813 British attempt to capture same US privateers (Cape Vincent)
April 25 1814 British attempt to burn the frigate Superior is repulsed
July 2 1813 Small British force lands at Sackets Harbor but withdraws after detection
June 28 1814 - spars destined for the frigate Confiance captured enroute
August 3 1814 British attempt to take Buffalo NY is repulsed
June 14-15 1814 Port Charlotte US repulses raid
May 30 1812 US seizes and destroys Fort Haldimand
May 22 1815 US reoccupies Fort Niagara
November 1-2 1813 British naval attack on French creek is driven off with hot shot
April 29 1813 US repulse of landing at Elkton
July 20 1813 US captures large convoy of bateaux
July 12 1814 US repulse of repeat attempt at Elkton
September 14 1814 US repulse of landing at Fort Babcock
October 31 1814 US repulse of British attack at Kirby's Wind Mill
February 7 1815 capture of sloop Dauntless
June 14 1814 HMS Nimrod is driven off and landing aborted
June 5 1812 brig Oneida captures PM schooner Lord Nelson
November 10 1812 Growler captures Elizabeth
August 5 1814 Sylph drives off HMS Magnet, forces it aground (Ontario)
October 6 1813 US capture of 7 British transports
August 9 1812 attempted British attack on US supply train is repulsed
March 18 1814 US raids at Cockerel creek
June 3 1813 US repulse of British raid Harris Creek
May 12 1813 US repulse of British landing Horn Harbor - Mobjack bay
Aprill 11 1813 US RC Thomas Jefferson captures 3 barges and take 69 POWs
March 1813 US raid Craney Island
June 2 1813 US repulse of British raid at Harris Creek
October 4-5 1814 US raid on Northumberland Courthouse
April 4 1813 US repulse of British landing Chewning Point Carter Creek
May 14 1814 US repulse of British attempt to destroy shipping Vergennes (Otter Creek)
June 2-3 1813 US repulse of British raid Blake River
February 11 1813 British lose skirmish at Cape Henry
July 14 1813 US attack and capture of British landing party
March 10 1813 US repulse of British raid Cape Charles
August 2 1813 US repulse of HM sloops Broke and Shannon at Burlington
July 31 1813 British 3 day cannonade is driven off by return American fire - Burlington
May 14 1812 US cannonade of Fort Cassin
October 12 1813 US attack and capture of British garrisson at Missisquoi
October 4 1813 USRC Vigilant captures Dart off Block Island
September 25 1813 US repulse of Indian/British/Canadian attack at Miami rapids
August 2 1813 US repulse of British attack at Fort Stephenson
July 29 1812 US gunboats attack HMS Junon (frigate aground)
October 23 1812 US captures British post at French Mills
July 11 1813 US drives off attackers on Fort Schlossler
June 26 1812 US captures Carleton Island on the St Lawrence
June 3 1813 Gunboats drive off british sloop Herald out of Mobile Bay
April 8 1814 US booby trap kills 11 in New London
August 9 1814 Ineffectual British cannonade at Stonginton
29 June 1812 US gunboats capture 3 British merchant ships off Spanish Florida
February 24 1815 American ambush British troops at St Mary's River
Januar 25 1815 Barataria Island skirmish
December 8 1814 US gunboats force retreat of HM frigate Armide
January 1 1815 US artillery duel with Royal Artillery
1700-1740 defeats at the hands of the French and Spanish
Queen Anne's War
1 January 1709 Battle of St. John's
Quebec Expedition 1711 - 900 dead due to shipwreck
10 August–6 October 1703 Northeast Coast campaign (1703)
August 10–19, 1703 Battle of Falmouth (1703)
February 29, 1704 Raid on Deerfield
August 22 – September 1, 1707 Siege of Port Royal
August 29, 1708 Raid on Haverhill
10/21 June 1711 Battle of Bloody Creek
10 November – 30 December 1702 Siege of St. Augustine
August 12–20, 1707 Siege of Pensacola
November 28–30, 1707 Siege of Pensacola
19–25 August 1702 Action of August 1702
1703 Siege of Guadeloupe
October 1703 Raid on Nassau
12–22 September 1711 Battle of Rio de Janeiro
1712 Cassard expedition
2–3 May, 1707 Action of 2 May 1707
21 October 1707 Battle at the Lizard
23 August – 30 September 1702 Battle of Cádiz
29 July – 21 August 1707 Battle of Toulon
6 November 1706 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
25 April 1707 Battle of Almansa
7th May, 1709 Battle of La Gudiña
10 December 1710 Battle of Villaviciosa
21 December 1719 Battle of Cape St Vincent
April 19, 1723 – January 28, 1724 Northeast Coast Campaign (1723)
February, 1760 to August 9, 1760 Siege of Fort Loudoun
June 27, 1760 Battle of Echoee
French victories over the British 1745-1815
May 1745 Fontenoy French victory -
Oct 1746 Roucoux French victory -
July 1747 Lauffeldt French victory -
Nov 1747 Berge-op-Zoom French victory -
1748 Maastricht French victory -
July 1754 Fort Necessity French Victory
July 1755 Monongahela River French Victory
Aug 1756 Oswego French victory -
July 1757 Hastenbeck French victory -
Aug 1757 Fort William Henry French victory -
Jul 1758 Ticonderoga French victory -
Oct 1781 Yorktown American-French victory -
Aug-Dec 1793 Toulon French victory
6-8 Sep 1793 Hondeschoote French victory -
17-18 May 1794 Tourcoing French victory -
22 Aug 1798 Killala Bay French victory -
27 Aug 1798 Castlebar French victory -
5 Sep 1798 Callooney French victory -
8 Sep 1798 Ballinamuck French victory -
19 Sep 1799 Bergen Op Zoom French victory -
6 Oct 1799 Casstricum French victory -
16 Jan 1809 Coruna French victory -
27 June 1809 Casa de Salinas French victory -
July-Dec 1809 Walcheren French victory -
16-24 May 1810 Siege of Mequinenza French victory -
10 July 1810 Barquilla French victory -
24 July 1810 Coa River French victory
11 Aug 1810 Villagarcia French victory -
13 Oct 1810 Fuengirola Polish-French victory -
April-May 1811 Blockade of Almeida French victory -
April-May 1811 2nd Siege of Badajoz French victory -
5 May 1811 Fuentes de Onoro French
May-June 1811 3rd Siege of Badajoz French victory -
June 1811 Operations around Almeida French victory -
22 June 1811 Elvas French victory -
25 Sep 1811 El Bodon French victory.
29 Dec 1811 Membrillo French victory -
11 April 1812 Villagarcia French victory -
11 June 1812 Maguilla French victory -
18 July 1812 Castrejon French victory -
11 Aug 1812 Malajahonda French victory -
Sep-Oct 1812 Siege of Burgos French victory.
23 Oct 1812 Venta del Pozo French victory -
25 Oct 1812 Villa Muriel French victory -
28 Oct 1812 Tordesillas French victory -
17 Nov 1812 San Munoz French victory -
June 1813 Siege of Tarragona French victory -
24 June 1813 Villafranca French victory -
25 July 1813 Roncesvalles French victory -
25 July 1813 Maya French victory -
July-Aug 1813 Siege of San Sebastian French-Alliesvictory -
26-28 July 1813 Sorauren French-Allies victory -
July-Aug 1813 Blockade of Tarragona French victory -
2 Aug 1813 Lizaso French victory -
Ordal and Villafranca French victory -
7 Oct 1813 Vera French victory -
16 Jan 1814 Molins de Rey French victory -
Feb-April 1814 Siege of Bayonne French victory -
8 March 1814 Bergen op Zoom French victory -
17 March 1814 Daunia's Raid French victory -
19 March 1814 Vic-Bigorre French victory -
10 April 1814 Toulouse draw
14 April 1814 Bayonne French victory -
16 June 1815 Quatre Bras draw ? victory ?
17 June 1815 Genappe French victory
French victories over the British - War of Austrian Succession/King George's War
11 May 1745 Battle of Fontenoy
9 July 1745 Battle of Melle
July 1745 Occupation of Ghent
11 October 1746 Battle of Rocoux
2 July 1747 Battle of Lauffeld
July – September 1747 Siege of Bergen op Zoom
May 23, 1744 Raid on Canso
July 19 – Sept 5, 1745 Northeast Coast Campaign (1745)
November 28, 1745 Raid on Saratoga
April - September, 1746 Northeast Coast Campaign (1746)
11 July 1746 Battle at Port-la-Joye
August 19–20, 1746 Battle of Grand-Pré
February 10–11, 1747 Battle of Grand-Pré
April - September, 1747 Northeast Coast Campaign (1747)
April-May 1748 Siege of Maastricht (1748)
20 April, 1744 Battle of Villafranca
22 February 1744 Battle of Toulon
8 May 1744 Action of 8 May 1744
20 September 1746 Raid on Lorient
Spanish victories over the British - War of Jenkins Ear
June 26, 1740 Battle of Fort Mose
13 June–20 July 1740 Siege of St. Augustine
March–May 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
4-5 August - 9 December 1741 Invasion of Cuba
2 March 1743 Battle of La Guaira
April 16, 1743 Battle of Puerto Cabello
April 9, 1748 2nd Battle of Santiago de Cuba
October 12, 1748 Battle of Havana
25 July – 19 October 1747 1st Glorioso
25 July – 19 October 1747 2nd Glorioso
25 July – 19 October 1747 3rd Glorioso
25 July – 19 October 1747 4th Glorioso
French victories over the British (F/I War)
27 March 1756 Battle of Fort Bull
August 10–14, 1756 Battle of Fort Oswego
23 July 1757 Battle of Sabbath Day Point
3–9 August 1757 Siege of Fort William Henry
November 12, 1757 Attack on German Flatts
March 23, 1758 Battle on Snowshoes
July 6–8, 1758 Battle of Carillon
31 July 1759 Battle of Beauport
April 28, 1760 Battle of Sainte-Foy
May–July 1755 Braddock Expedition
9 July 1755 Battle of the Monongahela
March or April, 1756 Battle of the Trough
April 4, 1756 Battle of Sideling Hill
April 18, 1756 Battle of Great Cacapon
14 September 1758 Battle of Fort Duquesne
September 4, 1755 Battle of Petitcodiac
May 8, 1756 Raid on Lunenburg
December 8, 1757 Battle of Bloody Creek
March - December 1758 Lunenburg Campaign
16–19 January 1759 Invasion of Martinique
July 31, 1763 Battle of Bloody Run
September 14, 1763 Battle of Devil's Hole
Spanish victories over the British - Anglo Spanish War
9 August 1780 Action of 9 August 1780
19 August 1781 – 5 February 1782 Siege of Fort St. Philip
20 October 1782 Battle of Cape Spartel
September 7, 1779 Capture of Fort Bute
September 10, 1779 Battle of Lake Pontchartrain
September 12–21, 1779 Battle of Baton Rouge
March 2–14, 1780 Battle of Fort Charlotte
May 25, 1780 Battle of St. Louis
January 7, 1781 Battle of Mobile
March 9–May 8, 1781 Siege of Pensacola
October 16 – November 29, 1779 Battle of San Fernando de Omoa
March 17 – November 8, 1780 San Juan Expedition
March 16, 1782 Battle of Roatán
May 1782 Capture of the Bahamas
6 October 1779 Action of 6 October 1779
16 April 1781 Battle of Porto Praya
25 January 1797 - Action of 25 January
22–25 July 1797 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Assault on Cadiz (1797)
25 - 26 August 1800 Ferrol Expedition (1800)
19 January 1799 Action of 19 January
10 December 1800 Action of 7 July
10 December 1800 Action of 10 December
6 July 1801 First Battle of Algeciras
28 August–5 September 1796 Newfoundland expedition
17 April – 2 May 1797 Battle of San Juan (1797)
31 May – 2 June 1805 Battle of Diamond Rock
1806 - 1807 British Invasions of the Río de la Plata
Turkish victories over the British
Anglo-Turkish War (1807-1809)
Gallipoli 1915
Al Kut 1915
Dujaila 1916
Hanna 1916
Wadi 1916
Sheikh Sa'ad 1916
Ctesiphon 1915
Katia 1916
Gaza 1917
2nd Gaza 1917
Bir el Abb 1916
Jordan 1918
Transjordan 1918
Krithia 1915
2nd Krithia 1915
3rd Krithia 1915
4th Krithia 1915
Cape Hellis 1915
Anzac Cove 1915
Nr. 3 Post 1915
Suvla 1915
Sari Bair 1915
The Nek 1915
Chunuk Bair 1915
Scimitar Hill 1915
Boer Victories over the British
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit -20 December 1880
Siege of Rustenburg 27 December 1880-30 March 1881
Siege of Marabastad 1 January 1880–2 April 1881
Siege of Lydenburg 6 January 1881 - 30 March 1881
Battle of Laing's Nek 28 January 1881
Battle of Schuinshoogte 8 February 1881
Kraipaan October 1899
Ladysmith 30 October 1899
Stormberg 10 December 1899
Magersfontein 11 December 1899
Colenso December 1899
Spion Kopp January 1900
Vaal Krantz February 1900
Bloody Sunday February 1900
Sanna's Post March 1900
Leliefontein November 1900
Mooietegedacht December 1900
Elands River September 1901
Blood River Port September 1901
Bakenlaagte October 1901
Groenkop December 1901
Tweebosch March 1902
Japanese Victories over the British
Dec 1941 - Malaya
Dec 1941 - Singapore
Dec 1941 - Op. Krohcol
Dec 1941 - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk
Dec 1941 - Jitra
Dec 1941 - Gurun
Jan 1942 - Slim River
Jan 1942 - Muar
Jan 1942- Endau
Feb 1942 - Sarimbun Beach
Feb 1942 - Kranji
Feb 1942 - Bukit Timah
Feb 1942 - Pasir Panjang
-at this point: 60,500 casualties/40,000 POW
Feb 1942 - Bilin River
Feb 1942 - Sittang Bridge
March 1942 - Prome
May 1943 - Arakan - 5,000 KIA/WIA
Surrender of Singapore - 120,000 POW
-largest British garrison in the world at the time, larger than London
Surrender of Hong Kong - 15,000 POW
German victories over the British WW1
23 August 1914 - Battle of Mons - 250 mile retreat from Belgium
26 August 1914 - Battle of Le Cateau
26 August 1914 - Battle of Le Grand Fayt
27 August 1914 - Battle of Étreux
28 September – 10 October 1914 - Siege of Antwerp
Wednesday 21 April – 25 May 1915 - Second Battle of Ypres - 70,000 casualties
9 May – 18 June 1915 - Second Battle of Artois - 28,000 casualties
9 May 1915 - Battle of Aubers Ridge
15–25 May 1915 - Battle of Festubert
25 September – 4 November 1915 - Third Battle of Artois - 60,000 casualties
25 September – 14 October 1915 - Battle of Loos - 60,000 casualties
1 July – 18 November 1916 - Battle of the Somme - 620,000 casualties
1–13 July 1916 - Battle of Alberty - 57,000 casualties 1st day
19–20 July 1916 - Battle of Fromelles
25 September 1916 - Capture of Lesbœufs
7 October – 16 November 1916 - Butte de Warlencourt
9 October 1917 - Battle of Poelcappelle
12 October 1917 - First Battle of Passchendaele
21 March – 5 April 1918 - Operation Michael - 177,000 casualties - retreat starts
7–29 April 1918 - Battle of the Lys
German/Axis defeats inflicted onto the British in Africa, at sea or elsewhere (WW1):
27–29 April 1916 - gassed their own troops at Hulluch
29 - 31 August 1914 - First Battle of Garua
6 September 1914 - Battle of Nsanakong
1 May - late June 1915 -First Battle of Jaunde
26 September 1914 -Battle of Sandfontein
20 September 1914 - Battle of Zanzibar
November 3, 1914 -Battle of Kilimanjaro
3–5 November 1914 - Battle of Tanga
18–19 January 1915 - Battle of Jassin
February 12, 1916 - Battle of Salaita
9–11 September 1916 - Battle of Dutumi
7–11 September 1916 - Battle of Kisaki
3–4 January 1917 - Battle of Behobeho
15–18 October 1917 - Battle of Mahiwa
25 November 1917 - Battle of Ngomano
3–5 November 1914 - Battle of Tanga
16 January 1916 - Action of 16 January 1916
10 March 1917 - Action of 10 March 1917
22 September 1914 - Bombardment of Madras
22 September 1914 - Bombardment of Papeete
1 November 1914 - Battle of Coronel
7 September, 1914 - Fanning Raid
16 December 1914 - Raids on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
22 September 1914 - The Action of 22 September 1914
10 February 1916 - Battle of Dogger Bank
24 April 1916 - Bombardment of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft
26–27 October 1916 - Battle of Dover Strait (1916)
17 October 1917 - Action off Lerwick
23 April 1918 - Zeebrugge Raid - 600 Royal Marine casualties
23–24 April 1918 - First Ostend Raid
9 May 1918 - Second Ostend Raid
28 July-10 August 1914 - Naval Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau
19 February – 18 March 1915 - Naval Operations in the Dardanelles Campaign
14–15 May 1917 - Battle of the Strait of Otranto
German victories over the British - WW2
18 December 1939 - Battle of the Heligoland Bight
22–26 May 1940 - Siege of Calais - 4,000 POW
21 May 1940 - Battle of Arras
22–25 May 1940 -Battle of Boulogne
28 May - 4 June 1940 - Battle of Abbeville
26 May–4 June 1940 - Battle of Dunkirk - 40,000 POW
17 November 1940 - Operation White
27 November 1940 - Battle of Cape Spartivento
9–16 September 1940 - Italian invasion of Egypt
3–19 August 1940 - Italians take British Somaliland
25–28 February 1941 - Operation Abstention
26 March 1941 - Sinking of HMS York
26–27 May 1941 - Operation Skorpion
15–17 June 1941 - Operation Battleaxe - 100 tanks lost
10–18 November 1941 - Operation Flipper
17 December 1941 - First Battle of Sirte
19 December 1941 - Raid on Alexandria
24–25 April 1941 - Battle of Thermopylae
13 April 1941 -Battle of Ptolemaida
11–12 April 1941 - Battle of Vevi
20 May 1941 – 1 June 1941 - Surrender of Crete 17,000 POW
9–12 September 1941 - Convoy SC 42
5–10 August 1942 - Convoy SC 94
29 October–4 November 1942 - Convoy SC 107
4–7 February 1943 -Convoy SC 118
5 November 1940 - Convoy HX-84
8 June 1940 - Operation Juno
9 April 1940 - first naval battle of Narvik
9 April-8 June 1940 - Battle of Narvik
April and early May, 1940 - Åndalsnes landings
April and early May, 1940 -Namsos Campaign
9 April 1940 - Action off Lofoten
21 May 1940 - HMS Effingham scuttled
May 24, 1940 - Operation Alphabet - British evacuation of 26,000
8 June 1940 - British carrier HMS Glorious is sunk by German ships
28 April 1942 - Convoy QP 11
5 May 1942 - St Albans accidentally sank supporting Polish submarine ORP Jastrząb
25 May 1942 - German aircraft attacks sink 6 British vessels, damage 5 more
24 June 1942 - A StG 5 Ju 87 sank HMS Gossamer in Kola Bay
20 September 1942 - U-435 sank HMS Leda
20 September 1942 - U-255 sank 4937-ton Silver Sword
20 September 1942 - U-703 sank HMS Somali
20 September 1942 - U-435 sank 5345-ton Bellingham, Ocean Voice and Grey Ranger
2 November 1942 - U-586 sank 6640-ton Empire Gilbert
30 January 1943 - U-278 sank HMS Hardy
19 November 1941 - Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran
31 March – 10 April 1942 - Indian Ocean raid
5 and 9 April 1942 - Easter Sunday Raid on Ceylon
14 May 1942: A KG 30 Ju 88 dive bomber sank HMS Trinidad
30 January 1941-18 February 1941 - Convoy HX.106
4 April 1941 - Action of 4 April 1941
10–-28 May 1941 - Convoy HX.126
24 May 1941 - Battle of the Denmark Strait
22–25 August 1942 - Convoy ON 122
9–14 September 1942 - Convoy ON 127
12–16 October 1942 - Convoy SC 104
15–18 November 1942 - Convoy ON 144
26–30 December 1942 - Convoy ON 154
3–12 January 1943 - Convoy TM 1
6–10 March 1943 - Convoy SC 121
20–25 February 1943 - Convoy ON 166
10-11 March 1943 - Convoy HX 228
16–19 March 1943 - Convoy HX 229/SC 122
22 to 23 October 1943 - Battle off Sept-Îles
11–13 February 1942 - Channel Dash
11–12 February 1942 - Channel Dash
26 May – 21 June 1942 - Battle of Gazala
29 September 1942 - Operation Braganza
22 March 1942 - Second Battle of Sirte
12–15 June 1942 -Operation Harpoon
12–16 June 1942 - Operation Vigorous
9–15 August 1942 - Operation Pedestal
19 August 1942 - Dieppe Raid
13–14 September 1942 - Operation Agreement - SAS and Royal Marines decimated
10 November–25 December 1942 - The Run for Tunis
11 December 1942 - Raid on Algiers
16 April 1943 - Battle of the Cigno Convoy
8 September – 22 November 1943 - Dodecanese Campaign
26 September – 16 November 1943 Battle of Leros 110+ RAF aircraft lost
3–4 October 1943 - Battle of Kos - 1,400 British POWs
6 November 1943 - Action off Cape Bougaroun
7–14 June 1944 - Operation Perch
11 June 1944 - Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry
18–20 July 1944 - Operation Goodwood 300+ tanks lost
19–25 July 1944 - Battle of Verrières Ridge
July 25–27, 1944 - Operation Spring
14–21 August 1944 - Operation Tractable - high allied casualties due to friendly fire
17–26 September 1944 - Battle of Arnhem 7,000 POW
22-23 October 1944 - Operation Pegasus 140 British paratroopers rescued
16 December 1941– March 1942 - Battle of Borneo
13–15 February 1942 - Battle of Palembang
18–20 February 1942 - Battle of Badung Strait
19 February 1942 – 10 February 1943 - Battle of Timor
27 February 1942 - Battle of the Java Sea
28 February – 1 March 1942- Battle of Sunda Strait
28 February—12 March 1942 - Battle of Java
1 March 1942 - Battle of the Java Sea (II)
March 20 – March 26, 1944 - Battle of Sangshak
Prisoners of War - by conflict.
US Revolution - 23,000 on land, 16,000 at sea
W-1812 - 30,000 at sea , 6,000 regulars on land
WW1 - 170,389
WW2- 180,488