Show MOMENTOUS DAY IN HISTORY julius caesar ald aid t to have landed in britan on twenty seventh day of august according to calculations carefully ma made de and flint alint nt at tile least estal fisli a probable case august 27 Is tile the anniversary of the landing of julius caesar in the island of britain in his wars that resulted in the conquest of gaul or modern france julius juilus caesar kept a journal journ nl in which lie ho recorded all his operations operation lie ile called it commentaries and it has been pronounced jo to be perhaps the best record of ever written by a general in the field in tile tie midst of these operations he found time to cross the channel find and pay a military visit to the land known now is england gland but not so known then for tho ilia ancient britons then inhabited the island ile he status states tho the year yea r of that visit i aich according to our calendar was 55 D 0 lie ile also alao states other facts which enabled the calculation as aa to month and day to bo be mittle cne nr in ills his journal or Conin commentaries fen relates hat stint he set out on oil the expedition when little of su summer nimer remained when the lie people of the south of britain are engaged in their harvest hartest and that flint after it a stay of three weeks lie returned to gaul before the ho equinox it la Is therefore thoe fore concluded that the lay day of landing must have been lit in august |