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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Tuesday)== Newspaper article ''[[Notes of the Week (Editorial about the War)]]'' is published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. {{WF}} - [[Belgium]]: Battles near [[Tirlemont]], [[St. Trond]], and [[Diest]]. Field Marshal Earl Kitchener's '{{wl\|Your Country Needs You}}' call to arms recruiting campaign is published, explaining the new terms of service and the call 100,000 men to enlist.<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/kitcheners.htm Was my soldier in "Kitchener's Army"?] Chris Baker. The Long, Long Trail. Accessed 3 August 2016.</ref> * [[Lorraine]]: German counter-offensive from [[Metz]]; vain attacks at [[Spincourt]] and [[Blamont]]. {{NO}} - German cruisers ''[[Goeben]]'' and ''[[Breslau]]'' enter [[Dardanelles]]. {{PO}} - [[Great Britain]]: The Press Bureau constituted. ==~~1915~~1916 (Friday)== [[Battalion]] remains in [[trench]]es in the front line (Cambrin Sector) where the day is comparatively quiet. {{WF}} - German attacks in [[Argonne]] and [[Vosges]] repulsed. A few hostile [[trench mortar]]s are sent over during the day doing no material damage; 11th Border's TM's reply with good success. {{EF}} - [[Dvinsk]] evacuated. The Commanding Officer visits the trenches at 9:00pm and Major Chamberlayne at 1:00am. {{SF}} - British attack in [[Gallipoli]] dies away. ** Powerful Austro-German concentration announced in southern Hungary. {{PO}} - [[Paris]] "Temps" publishes text of secret memorandum to German Chancellor from six leading economic organisations in [[Germany]].<ref>The Memorandum defines Germany's aims (economic), which include an enduring peace and an extension of German power "with territorial gains, including the possession of seaports on the Franco-Belgian coast and the fortresses of [[Verdun]] and Belfort."</ref> ==1917 (Saturday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Battalion carries out training at Ooste Dunkerque under [[Company]] arrangements. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==1918 (Sunday)== *Deaths: [[William Denney (13460 L/Cpl.)]]. <br/> <!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|224]]