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<noinclude>{{Calendar|September|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
==19141916==
*[[Battalion]] Commanding Officer visits the front line [[trench]]es and Company HQ in the Cuinchy Sector during morning.
===Western Front===
*At 7:00pm hostile aerial darts and minenwerfers<ref>A class of German short range mortars developed around 1908-1909, used extensively during the First World War.</ref> are fired in the direction of brickstacks searching for Stokes ([[trench mortar]]) gun positions.<ref name="wdsep16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, September 1916]]</ref>
*[[Battle of the Aisne]] begins (continued till [[28 September]]).
*Germans halt on the [[Aisne]] and north of [[Reims]].
*Heavy fighting round [[Missy-sur-Aisne|Missy]] and Vailly.
===Eastern Front===
*[[Poland]]: Russians force the passage of the [[San]] in pursuit of Dankl's beaten army.
===Southern Front===
*[[Bosnia]]: [[Vishegrad]] taken by Serbians and Montenegrins.
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
*[[South Africa]]: Union forces surprise and defeat German's at [[Raman's Drift]].
*''[[SMS Cap Trafalgar|Cap Trafalgar]]'' sunk by RMS ''[[RMS Carmania|Carmania]]'' (east coast of South America).
 
==1917==
==References/notes==▼
*Battalion situated in [[billet]]s in Wulpen finding working parties.<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> Operation Orders are received from [[Brigade]].<ref name="wdsep17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, September 1917]]</ref>
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▲==References / notes==
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