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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1916~~1914== ===Western Front=== [[Battalion]] situated in the Cambrin Sector, front line [[trench]]es.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref> [[Belgium]]: Germans reach [[Dinant]]-Neufchateau line and occupy [[Louvain]]; Belgians, defeated at [[Aerschot]], fall back towards [[Antwerp]]. The Lonsdale have a comparatively quiet day; Royal Engineers and Artillery Officers visit Battalion HQ during morning.<ref name="wdaug16" /> [[Alsace]]: French re-enter [[Mülhausen]] and push on in [[Lorraine]]. The Commanding Officer visits the right sub-sector (trenches) at 9:15pm and returns 10:15pm.<ref name="wdaug16" /> ===Eastern Front=== Weather is wet and the trenches are in bad condition.<ref name="wdaug16" /> [[Poland]]: Austrians' advance checked near [[Kyeltsi]]. Deaths: [[John William Glendinning (17538 Pte.)]].<ref name="sdgw">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref> ===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". ==References / notes==▼ ~~==1917==~~ {{Gleichen-123}} Battalion situated at Ghyvelde has church parade at 10:00am and later, recreations etc.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref> Deaths: [[Hamilton V. Harding (17465 CSM)]].<ref name="sdgw" /> ▲==References / notes== {{reflist}} <noinclude>

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