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==19141916==
*[[Battalion]] situated in the Cambrin Sector, front line [[trench]]es.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - [[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" />
*{{EF}} - [[Poland]]: Austrians' advance checked near [[Kyeltsi]].
*Weather is wet and the trenches are in bad condition.<ref name="wdaug16" />
*{{SF}} - End of Battle of the Jadar; defeat of Austrians.
*Deaths: [[John William Glendinning (17538 Pte.)]].<ref name="sdgw">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
*{{PO}} - [[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>
==19151917==
*Battalion situated at Ghyvelde has church parade at 10:00am and later, recreations etc.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - Germans retake [[trench]]es on [[Ablain]]-Angres road.
*Deaths: [[Hamilton V. Harding (17465 CSM)]].<ref name="sdgw" />
*{{EF}} - Fall of [[Novo Georgievsk]]. Russians driven back between [[Augustovo]] and [[Osovyets]] (Northern Centre).
** Germans progress beyond the [[Niemen (river)|Niemen]] east of Tykocin.
** Mackensen reaches Piszcza and gains ground towards Brest-Litovsk.
*{{AE}} - Turks prevent Italians leaving [[Smyrna]].
*{{NO}} - [[USA]] liner ''Arabic'' (White Star) torpedoed and sunk. Americans on board.
** German force landing at [[Pernau]] ([[Riga]]) destroyed by Russians.
** Norwegian mail steamer ''Haakon VII'' stopped by Germans and mails seized. Norwegian Government protests.
** British submarine {{HMS|E13}} [[shell]]ed when aground at Saltholm in neutral Danish waters.
*{{PO}} - Reichstag opened; speech by Chancellor [[Bethmann-Hollweg]].<ref>[[Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg]] accuses the [[Allies]] of having caused the war and of seeking to deceive the people as to the real situation.</ref> Bulgarian Foreign Minister resigns.
** British forces total 3,825,000, including Colonial [[troops]].
==References / notes==
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