Battles on 4 August

16 battles fought (or begun) on 4 August, from 1642 to 2021, in date order. Dates are from Wikidata and are shown only for battles from 1600 onwards with a single exact date. Dates recorded in the Julian (Old Style) calendar are listed under their Julian day and marked.

Which battles happened on 4 August?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Liège (1914), Operation Storm (1995), Capture of Gibraltar (1704).

• Battle of Marshall's Elm 4 August 1642England
• Siege of Lens 4 August 1647 – 3 October 1647France · Thirty Years' War
• Capture of Gibraltar 4 August 1704Gibraltar · War of the Spanish Succession
• Battle of Banja Luka 4 August 1737Bosnia and Herzegovina · Fifth Russo-Turkish War
• Siege of Fort Erie 4 August 1814 – 21 September 1814Canada · War of 1812
• Battle of Ty-ho Bay 4 August 1855Hong Kong
• Second Battle of Chruślina 4 August 1863Poland · January Uprising
• Battle of Wissembourg (1870) 4 August 1870France · Franco-Prussian War
• Battle of Honsinger Bluff 4 August 1873United States · Yellowstone Expedition of 1873
• Battle of Elands River (1900) 4 August 1900 – 16 August 1900South Africa · Second Boer War
• Battle of Liège 4 August 1914 – 16 August 1914Belgium · Western Front
• Battle of the Pusan Perimeter 4 August 1950 – 18 September 1950South Korea · Korean War
• Operation Storm 4 August 1995 – 7 August 1995Croatia · Croatian War of Independence
• Battle of Zliten 4 August 2011Libya · Battle of the Misrata frontline
• Battle of Baghak 4 August 2012Afghanistan
• 2021 Markoye Department attacks 4 August 2021Burkina Faso · Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso