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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|September\|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Thursday)== Approval of the Army Council is given (War Office letter No. 20/Gen. No./3162 (A.G.1) and an Executive Committee is formed. ~~===Western Front===~~ [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale\|Earl of Lonsdale]] and the Executive Committee decide to raise the "[[Lonsdale Battalion]]" in three detachments: Carlisle, Kendal and Workington.<ref group="note">There were four companies in the three detachments: {{A Company}} and {{B Company}} from East and North Cumberland were based at [[Blackhall Camp\|Blackhall Racecourse]] in Carlisle, {{C Company}} from Westmorland was based at Kendal, and {{D Company}} from West Cumberland was based at Workington.</ref> [[The Aisne]]: Heavy fighting around [[Soissons]]. Enlistments: [[Alfred James Chandler (15321 Pte.)]] [[Sir John French]]'s [[Despatch 17 September 1914 (FM Sir John French)\|second despatch]]<ref>[[Sir John French]]'s second despatch covers the period from [[28 August]] to [[10 September]]. It describes the continuation of the retreat, change of base from Havre to St. Nazaire, arrival on line south of the [[Marne]], [[General Joffre]]'s determination to counter-advance, movements of French and British armies, and their advance on [[6 September]], and the [[Battle of the Marne]] (6-10 September), and mentions the beginning of the [[Battle of the Aisne]] ([[12 September]]).</ref> (published [[19 October]]). ~~===Southern Front===~~ [[Syrmia]]: Serbians evacuate [[Semlin]]. ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ [[South Africa]]: German raid near Nakob. [[General Beyers]] dismissed from his command. ==1916 (Sunday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ In reserve line [[billet]]s (Harley Street). Finds [[working party\|working parties]] for the front line [[trench]]es and {{wl\|Royal Engineers}}. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==1917 (Monday)== In the front line. Encounters a raid on {{C Company}}'s lines about 3:30am with one [[other ranks\|other rank]] killed and one wounded. Heavy hostile [[bombardment]] on left sub-sector (St. Georges and Lombardzyde) during the afternoon. One enemy soldier, who is wounded during raid on C Company, is brought into the Lonsdale's lines. *Deaths: [[Fred Clancey (28832 Pte.)]] <br/> {{notes}}<!--{{refs}}-->{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|261]]