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*[[Battalion]] strength at: 19 officers, 1088 [[other ranks]], 15 paid instructors.<ref>{{lowther|recno=129}}</ref> |
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===Western Front=== |
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*[[Galicia]]: Austro-German counter-offensive from [[Hungary]] begins; the [[Dukla Pass]] carried and the Russians at [[Cracow]] threatened. |
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===Southern Front=== |
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*[[Serbia]]: Austrians utterly defeated, re-cross the [[Drina]]. |
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*[[Bosnia]]: [[Vishegrad]] taken by Montenegrins. |
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===Political=== |
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*[[Great Britain]]: [[Mr. Balfour]] gives [[Great Speeches of the War/Balfour|speech in Colston Hall]], Bristol, in support of the War Office appeal for 3,000 more men.<ref>{{gsw}}</ref> |
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==1915== |
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*Left half Battalion ('C' and 'D' Companies) proceed to Millencourt under Major Diggle.<ref name="wdnovdec15">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref> |
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*Right half Battalion ('A' and 'B' Companies), with Headquarters and Transport, proceed to Bouzincourt.<ref name="wdnovdec15" /> |
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*Officers and [[NCO]]’s right half Battalion, having been conveyed by motor bus from Molliens au Bois, are attached for instruction in the [[trench]]es to garrison of F1 & F2 sub-sectors.<ref name="wdnovdec15" /><ref name=“lons15”>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> |
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==1916== |
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*Battalion situated at Berteaucourt involved in bombing instruction under Bombing Officer.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref> |
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*Route march from Halloy to Canaples.<ref name="wddec16" /> |
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*During the afternoon, all officers attend Tactical Scheme without the [[troops]], under Commanding Officer.<ref name="wddec16" /> |
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*Deaths: [[Joseph Matthew Earl (27350 Pte.)]]<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref> |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion situated at 'Dambre Camp' involved in training.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:31, 6 June 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 12 December.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 12 December on The Great War wiki.
1914
- Battalion strength at: 19 officers, 1088 other ranks, 15 paid instructors.[1]
1915
- Left half Battalion ('C' and 'D' Companies) proceed to Millencourt under Major Diggle.[2]
- Right half Battalion ('A' and 'B' Companies), with Headquarters and Transport, proceed to Bouzincourt.[2]
- Officers and NCO’s right half Battalion, having been conveyed by motor bus from Molliens au Bois, are attached for instruction in the trenches to garrison of F1 & F2 sub-sectors.[2][3]
1916
1917
- Battalion situated at 'Dambre Camp' involved in training.[6]
References / notes
Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/129
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915
- ↑ Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916
- ↑ Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921) / Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917