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-==1914==
-===Events preceding British Declaration of War===
-*[[Count Tisza]] makes statement in Hungarian Chamber concerning relations with [[Serbia]]: they "must be cleared up".<ref>[[Count Tisza]]: Extreme caution and reserve employed. Foreshadowing of the War. Relations with [[Serbia]] "must be cleaned up," though manner not indicated. Police régime at fault in [[Bosnia]]. Regarding "Great Serbia" propaganda, complete solidarity between himself and the Ban of Croatia. Agitation to be combated, though avoiding unnecessary panic and alarm.</ref>
-==1915==
-*{{WF}} - Failure of Germans in attempt to reach left bank of Yser results in heavy losses.
-*{{EF}} - New German offensive towards Riga develops. Germans storm line south of Zielovna (near Przasnysz), and force Russians to retreat towards the Narev.
-*{{SF}} - Italian offensive in Upper Cadore develops (Dolomites).
-*{{PO}} - Strike of Welsh miners begins.
 ==1916==
+*Battalion remains at [[Crucifix Corner]] dug-outs.<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref>
-*{{WF}} - British advance continued; capture of Delville Wood, penetrate to Bois des Foureaux and outskirts of Pozieres; 2,000 prisoners taken; second defence lines penetrated; British cavalry in action.
-**&nbsp;South of [[Somme]], Germans re-enter Biaches and La Maisonette, and are again driven out by French.
-*{{EF}} - Riga front Russians, supported by sea and land [[artillery]], make slight advance west of Kemmern.
-**&nbsp;Southern Lutsk salient Russians under Sakharov, anticipating Austrian offensive, attack them on Upper Styr.
-*{{AE}} - Russian right wing, under General Yudenich, occupies Baiburt; the left drives back Turks south-west of Mush.
 ==1917==
+*Battalion remains in rest at Coxyde. Church parade at 10:00am.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref>
-*{{WF}} - German assault on captured positions on Mont Haut (Moronvillers) defeated.
-**British [[air raid]] on [[Belgium]].
-*{{EF}} - Enemy opposition stiffening in [[Galicia]]; slight enemy success south of Kalusz.
-*{{SF}} - Italian raid in the Carso, 275 prisoners.
-*{{PO}} - Crisis in [[Russia]]: resignation of four Ministers of Cadet Party, as protest against recognition of the Ukraine.
 ==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>
-*{{WF}} - Second Battle of the Marne begins'.  Great German offensive on front of 50 miles east and west of [[Reims]], from Chateau-Thierry on west to Main de Massiges on east. On east Germans held in check. On west Germans penetrate two or three miles on 20-mile front; cross Marne between Dormans and Fossoy (west of Chateau-Thierry).
-**&nbsp;Americans repulse Germans at Vaux.
+{{table-deaths
-*{{NO}} - British transport ''Barung'' sunk by German submarine. French transport ''Djemnah'' torpedoed and sunk in Mediterranean, 442 lost.
+ |1914={{clear}}
-*{{PO}} - Field-Marshal Conrad von Hotzendorf ([[Austria]]) placed on retired list.
+ |1915={{clear}}
+ |1916={{clear}}
+*[[Arthur Graham (19585 Pte.)|Graham, Arthur (19585 Pte.)]]
+ |1917={{clear}}
+ |1918={{clear}}
+}}
+{{refs-table}}
-==References/notes==
-{{Gleichen-123}}
-{{reflist}}
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