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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1916 (Saturday)== ~~==1914==~~ Battalion situated in the Cambrin Sector, front line [[trench]]es. ~~===Western Front===~~ The Lonsdale have a comparatively quiet day; {{wl\|Royal Engineers}} and Artillery Officers visit Battalion HQ during morning. [[Belgium]]: Germans reach [[Dinant]]-Neufchateau line and occupy [[Louvain]]; Belgians, defeated at [[Aerschot]], fall back towards [[Antwerp]]. The Commanding Officer visits the right sub-sector (trenches) at 9:15pm and returns 10:15pm. [[Alsace]]: French re-enter [[Mülhausen]] and push on in [[Lorraine]]. Weather is wet and the trenches are in bad condition. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ Deaths: [[John William Glendinning (17538 Pte.)]]. [[Poland]]: Austrians' advance checked near [[Kyeltsi]]. ~~===Southern Front===~~ End of Battle of the Jadar; defeat of Austrians. ~~===Political===~~ [[Kaiser]]'s alleged order for the destruction of "General French's contemptible little army".<ref>Extract from Order reported issued by the Emperor, 19 August, 1914, H.Q., Aix-la-Chapelle:- "It is my Royal and Imperial Command that you concentrate your energies....to exterminate first the treacherous English, and to walk over General French's contemptible little army."</ref> ==1917 (Sunday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Battalion situated at Ghyvelde has church parade at 10:00am and later, recreations etc. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ Deaths: [[Hamilton V. Harding (17465 CSM)]]. ~~{{reflist}}~~ <br/> <!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|232]]