Union troops defeated a rebel invasion in the Battle of Antietam in the state of Maryland.

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In the battle,allied French and Sardinian troops defeated the Austrian army.

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On September 13th 1759, France's loss of its colonial territories in North America was set in motion when British redcoats scaled cliffs protecting Quebec City and defeated troops and militia loyal to Louis XV.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. civil administrator for Iraq L. Paul Bremer said that some soldiers of the dismantled Iraqi army started receiving salaries Tuesday, but an Iraqi sergeant warns that discontent still simmers among the defeated troops.

CNN: Unpaid Iraqi soldiers start receiving salaries, but discontent simmers

Soviet troops defeated the German Sixth Army, in what is considered one of the major turning points of World War II.

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