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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|July}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ~~==1914==~~ ~~===Events preceding British Declaration of War===~~ 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== Battalion situated at [[Crucifix Corner]] involved in [[fatigue duty]].<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref> {{WF}} - British attack German second line; capture Longueval and Bazentin-le-Petit, and the whole of Trones Wood. Major Girdwood, <small>[[DSO]]</small>, Northumberland Fusiliers takes over command from Major Chamberlayne who is appointed 2nd in Command of the Battalion.<ref name="wdjuly16" /> * End of first phase of Battle of the Somme. The following newspaper articles are published: [[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> / [[Casualties - Lewis and Ashton]].<ref>[[Casualties - Lewis and Ashton]] – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> / [[Killed - Pte. Osbourne Morgan Lewis]].<ref>[[Killed - Pte. Osbourne Morgan Lewis]] – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> / [[Wounded - Pte. Robert McKegg]]''.<ref>''[[Wounded - Pte. Robert McKegg]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref><ref group="note">[[Private]] [[Robert John Reed McKegg (16298)\|Robert McKegg]] was actually [[killed in action]] on [[1 July]] 1916. The newspaper article stated that "the wound was not serious," that he received "a nice [[blighty]] one" and, what all parents wanted to hear of their sons fighting abroad, that "he would soon be home." The article then mentioned that a further letter was written by the Chaplain of the Regiment to Robert McKegg's parents stating he had in fact been killed in action.</ref> {{EF}} - End of Battle of Baranovichi. Deaths: [[Reuben Hetherington (16301 L/Cpl.)]] / [[Joseph William Leck (15354 Pte.)]] / [[John Alexander Little (19708 Pte.)]] / [[Benjamin Martin (15485)]]<ref group="note">[[Lance Corporal]] [[Benjamin Martin (15485)\|Benjamin Martin]] was [[killed in action]] and is commemorated on the {{CWGC link\|id=80800\|name=Thiepval Memorial}}.</ref> {{NO}} - British force under General Sir C. Crewe captures Mwanza, on Lake Victoria Nyanza. General van Deventer takes Mpondi (on Central Railway). ==1917== Battalion remains in rest at Coxyde.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref> {{WF}} - German attacks repulsed in region of Lombartzyde (Nieuport).  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 (river)\|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]].  [[George V\|The King]] and Queen return from visit to Western Front. ** [[Sir Douglas Haig]] made K.T. ==1918== 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> {{SF}} - French capture Austrian positions on River Devoli (Albania). {{AE}} - Defeat of Turks at passages of Jordan and on Abu Tellul ridges, 510 prisoners. {{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> <noinclude>{{refs-notes}}▼ ~~==References/notes==~~ ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ▲<noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|196]] [[Category:July events\|14]]

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