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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|July}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914== Government of Ireland Amending Bill passed by House of Lords. ==1915== {{WF}} Germans attack Belgians on Yser canal and are repulsed. {{EF}} '''Russians fall back towards Narev. Great Austro-German offensive from Baltic to Bukovina begins'''. Enemy capture Przasnysz (Narev). {{SF}} Montenegrins repulse Austrian attack at Grahovo (Montenegro). {{AE}} Turks driven from Nasriya (Euphrates) by British force from Kurna. {{PO}} '''National Registration Bill passes''' House of Lords. ==1916== {{WF}} British attack German second line; capture Longueval and Bazentin-le-Petit, and the whole of Trones Wood. '''End of first phase of Battle of the Somme'''. Newspaper article: ''[[An Appreciation of Lt-Col. Colonel Machell]]''.<ref>''[[An Appreciation of Lt-Col. Colonel Machell]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> {{EF}} End of Battle of Baranovichi. Newspaper article: ''[[Casualties - Lewis and Ashton]]''.<ref>''[[Casualties - Lewis and Ashton]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> {{NO}} British force under General Sir C. Crewe captures Mwanza, on Lake Victoria Nyanza. General van Deventer takes Mpondi (on Central Railway). Newspaper article: ''[[Killed - Pte. Osbourne Morgan Lewis]]''.<ref>''[[Killed - Pte. Osbourne Morgan Lewis]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> Newspaper article: ''[[Wounded - Pte. Robert McKegg]]''.<ref>''[[Wounded - Pte. Robert McKegg]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> Battalion situated at [[Crucifix Corner]]. Major Chamberlayne, 1st Duke of York Own Lancers, takes over command from Capt. Palmer, 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref> Major Girdwood, <small>[[DSO]]</small>, Northumberland Fusiliers takes over command from Major Chamberlayne who is appointed 2nd in command of Battalion.<ref name="wdjuly16" /> ==1917== {{WF}} German attacks repulsed in region of Lombartzyde (Nieuport). Battalion remains in rest at Coxyde.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref> French gain and hold against counter-attacks German trench system on Moronvillers, east of Reims. German thrust on Chemin des Dames and Cerny partially resisted north of the Aisne. {{AE}} Successful British raid on Turks near Gaza. {{PO}} '''Herr von Bethmann Hollweg resigns'''; succeeded as German Imperial Chancellor by Dr. Michaelis. U.S. House of Representatives votes ''nem. con.'' £128,000,000 to send 22,000 aeroplanes and 100,000 airmen to [[Western Front]]. The King and Queen return from visit to Western Front. Sir Douglas Haig made K.T. ==1918== {{SF}} French capture Austrian positions on River Devoli (Albania). Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment (USA) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref> {{AE}} Defeat of Turks at passages of Jordan and on Abu Tellul ridges, 510 prisoners. ~~<br>~~ {{PO}} Provisional agreement between British and German delegates to Hague ''re'' Prisoners of War.<ref>Hague Conference ''re'' Prisoners of War: Combatants to be exchanged man for man, rank for rank. Better treatment of prisoners on line of Franco-German agreement of April, 1918.</ref> ~~{{table-deaths~~ ~~\|1914={{clear}}~~ ==References/notes== ~~\|1915={{clear}}~~ {{Gleichen-123}} ~~\|1916={{clear}}~~ {{reflist}} [[Reuben Hetherington (16301 L/Cpl.)\|Hetherington, Reuben (16301 L/Cpl.)]] [[Joseph William Leck (15354 Pte.)\|Leck, Joseph William (15354 Pte.)]] [[John Alexander Little (19708 Pte.)\|Little, John Alexander (19708 Pte.)]] ~~\|1917={{clear}}~~ ~~\|1918={{clear}}~~ }} ~~{{refs-table}}~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|196]]

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