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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|December}}{{Date-introtext~~}}<br>{{year-day\|Tuesday\|Wednesday\|Friday\|Saturday\|Sunday~~}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Tuesday)== Letter to [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. Machell]] from Wilson, Jesper & Co. tailors of Carlisle: "We shall esteem it a favour if you will release [[Sergeant]] Jackson from his duties with the [[Lonsdale Battalion]] at the end of this week. Our wish that he may be relieved from his duty is not dictated by unpatriotic motives but is solely due to the fact that we require him to be back to business previous to the rush which we always experience during the Christmas and New Year holidays." <ref>{{lowther\|recno=29}}</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ [[Allies]] cross [[Yser Canal]] and advance from [[Nieuport]] towards [[Lombartzyde]]. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[Poland]]: Heavy fighting round [[Sokhachev]]. ==1915 (Wednesday)== ~~===Southern Front===~~ Bouzincourt. Eight [[platoon]]s from left half Battalion are attached for instruction in the [[trench]]es (garrison duty).<ref group="lower-alpha">Four [[platoon]]s garrison the F1 sub-sector; four garrison the F2 sub-sector. The right half Battalion carried out the same duty on [[13 December]].</ref> [[Serbia]]: Austrians evacuate [[Belgrade]], recross Save, and bring their third invasion to an end after loss of 28,000 prisoners, 70 guns, etc. Captain L.B. Hogarth is attached for duty Commanding Royal Engineers. ~~===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===~~ Two [[other ranks]] are wounded. Syria: Alexandretta [[bombardment\|bombarded]] by {{HMS\|Doris}}. ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ ==1916 (Friday)== [[Westeinde]] bombarded by British fleet. The following newspaper articles are published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]: Result of enquiry into the loss of {{HMS\|Bulwark}}.<ref>Report of enquiry shows that the explosion which caused the loss of the ship was due to the accidental ignition of ammunition on board. No evidence to support suggestion that explosion was due to treachery.</ref> ''[[Killed - Private M. Timmins]]''. ~~===Political===~~ * ''[[Wounded - Private Harold Pettitt]]''. Austen Chamberlain's [[Great Speeches of the War/Chamberlain\|speech]] at a great public meeting held in the Birmingham Town Hall.<ref>{{gsw}}</ref> * ''[[Wounded - Signaller T. Lumsden]]''. Battalion situated at Berteaucourt. Route march to Pernois – Berneuil – Domart. [[Edward Nicholas (27793)]] [[dies of wounds]] as a prisoner of war. ==1917 (Saturday)== Battalion situated at Dambre Camp involved in training. [[John Henry Dover (23627 Pte.)]] [[dies of wounds]]. <br/> {{notes}}{{refs}}{{acks}} ~~==References/notes==~~ ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|350]]