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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|December}}{{Date-introtext~~}}<br>{{year-day\|Friday\|Saturday\|Monday\|Tuesday\|Wednesday~~}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Friday)== 1259 men are inoculated against typhoid.<ref>{{lowther\|recno=85}}</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ Lonsdale's Alston route march: train to Haltwhistle then march to Alston, Nenthead, Garrigill, Alston for recruiting meeting. "The Battalion Ambulance with pair of horses, all presented by the [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale\|Earl of Lonsdale]], will accompany....carrying the necessary food, forage and blankets." <ref>{{lowther\|recno=77}}</ref> Indian [[troops]] begin an attack on the Germans round [[Givenchy]] ([[La Bassée]]); a five days' battle commenced. Weekly denominational roll: Church of England 656, Roman Catholic 94, Wesleyan Methodists 38, Presbyterians 18, Baptists 3, Primitive Methodists 11, Congregationalists 6, Scotch Nationalists 3. (Total 829) <ref>{{lowther\|recno=19}}</ref> French pressure towards [[Péronne]]. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[Galicia]]: Austrians recover [[Lupkow Pass]] over the [[Carpathians]]. ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ German cruiser {{SMS\|Friedrich Karl}} reported lost in Baltic. ~~===Political===~~ [[Egypt]]: Hussein I proclaimed Sultan.<ref>British Protectorate declared in [[Egypt]]; abolition of Turkish suzerainty. Deposition of Khedive Abbas Hilmi owing to anti-British intrigues; Khediviate with title of Sultan of Egypt offered to, and accepted by, his uncle, Prince Hussein Kamel, second son of Ismail Pasha.</ref> Meeting of three Scandinavian Kings at Malmo. [[Great Britain]]: Conviction of [[Adolf Ahlers]] quashed.<ref>[[Adolf Ahlers]], naturalised British subject and German Consul at Sunderland, had been sentenced to death for high treason for having incited and assisted German reservists to return to [[Germany]].</ref> ==1915 (Saturday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ 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> ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. Machell]]: "All will be more comfortable when our [[division]] takes over. C.O.’s are well enough off always apparently, having pretty good [[dug-out]]s and a chance of drying up, but I feel very bad about the men, and one can’t do enough for them." <ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> ~~{{reflist}}~~ <noinclude>▼ ==1916 (Monday)== Battalion situated at Puchevillers. Battalion [[bomber]]s parade under Bombing Officer. Remainder of Battalion prepare new training ground. ==1917 (Tuesday)== *Battalion situated at Wurst Farm involved in [[working parties]] etc. Casualties 2 [[other ranks]]. {{notes}}{{refs}} ▲<noinclude>{{sources}} [[Category:Events by day\|353]] [[Category:December events\|18]]