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==19161914==
===Western Front===
*[[Brigadier General]] Jardine visited Battalion H.Q. at 12.30PM and selected a place for Advanced [[Brigade]] H.Q. <ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>
*[[Belgium]]: Indecisive action at [[Wavre]].
*Remaining half of Battalion have baths and clean clothes are issued.<ref name="wdaug16" />
*[[British Expeditionary Force]] first contingent completes its landing.
*French successful in northern [[Alsace]] (Schirmeck, etc.).
===Eastern Front===
*[[East Prussia]]: General advance of Russian armies.
===Southern Front===
*Austrians capture [[Shabatz]] (north-west [[Serbia]]), but Serbians check Austrian advance between [[Loznitsa]] and Shabats.
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
*Franco-British squadron enters the [[Adriatic]].
 
==References / notes==
==1917==
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*[[Battalion]] situated at Bray Dunes involved in training under [[Company]] Arrangements; sea bathing in the afternoon.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
 
==References / notes==
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