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==1914 (Sunday)==
*Enlistments: [[Edward Danson (3848 Pte.)]] and [[Alfred Forsyth (15556 Pte.)]].
===Western Front===
*[[Battle of Flanders]] begins, a desperate struggle for the coast lasting for some six weeks and including (a) [[Battle of the Yser]], [[16 October]], ''seq''. (b) [[Battle of Ypres]], [[19 October]], ''seq''.
*[[Paris]] heavily bombed.
*Cavalry fighting near [[Hazebrouck]].
===Eastern Front===
*[[Poland]]: Germans take Sochaczew.
*[[Galicia]]: Russians forced to raise the siege of [[Przemsyl]], which is reprovisioned from [[Cracow]].
*Austrians recover [[Jaroslau]].
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
*Russian cruiser ''[[Russian cruiser Pallada|Pallada]]'' sunk by German submarine ''[[SM U-26|U-26]]'' in Baltic.
 
==1916 (Wednesday)==
==References/notes==
*Cambrin Sector (support line): Battalion supplies [[working parties]] for the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}.
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*Colonel Girdwood, Commanding Officer, proceeds to England on leave.
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*Major Moore of 17th Highland Light Infantry takes over command of the [[Lonsdales]].
*Reinforcements of 12 [[other ranks]] arrive.
 
==1917 (Thursday)==
*Teteghem: Battalion is involved in [[Company]] training.
*Recreation take place in the afternoon.
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