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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|December}}{{Date-introtext~~}}<br>{{year-day\|Thursday\|Friday\|Sunday\|Monday\|Tuesday~~}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1914~~1915 (Friday)== Bouzincourt. Battalion relieves garrison companies.<ref group="lower-alpha">The right half Battalion relieves two companies of garrison in the F1 sub-sector; left half relieves two companies of garrison in the F2 sub-sector.</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. Machell]]: "All my Companies in the firing-line now as Companies attached to other Battalions, and I go out daily to see them. Am glad [?] was pleased with his glimpse of the [[Lonsdales]]. They certainly are behaving extremely well, and it is a very severe trial at first." <ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> [[Armentières]] [[bombarded]] by Germans. [[Thomas James Nicholson (15328)]] [[dies of wounds]] from injuries sustained on [[14 December]]. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[Poland]]: The Germans occupy [[Petrokov]]. ~~===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===~~ Armenia: The Turks recover [[Koprukeui]] and begin to force the Russians back. ~~===Political===~~ [[Egypt]]: British Protectorate proclaimed. [[Italy]]: [[Prince Bülow]] reaches Rome as German ambassador extraordinary. ==1916 (Sunday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Battalion situated in [[billet]]s at Puchevillers. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ Church parade and inspection of billets by Commanding Officer. ~~{{reflist}}~~ [[William Griffiths (27752 Pte.)]] [[dies of wounds]]. <noinclude>▼ ==1917 (Monday)== Dambre Camp: Battalion moves to Wurst Farm by train, arriving 4pm. Lonsdales relieve the 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers. [[John C. Atkinson (28229)]] is [[killed in action]]. {{notes}}{{refs}} ▲<noinclude>{{sources}} [[Category:Events by day\|352]] [[Category:December events\|17]]