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==1915 (Friday)==
==1915==
*General Equipment Indent: 500 sandbags.<ref>{{lowther|recno=66}}</ref>
*French make a little progress at [[Les Eparges]] (east of [[Verdun]]).
*[[Battalion]] Orders: {{quote-left}}The Miniature Range will be at the disposal of Companies for application Practice, one sighting shot and five rounds per officer, [[NCO]] and man.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=136}}</ref>
*Heavy fighting in the [[Vosges]]; Germans take the [[Reichsackerkopf]] and occupy [[Metzeral]] and Sondernach.
*Enlistments to C Company: J. Styles (17603).<ref>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
*Russian counter-offensive on East Prussian frontier.
*Sorties at [[Przemsyl]] repulsed.
*Austrian offensive on the [[Dunajec (river)|River Dunajec]] checked after slight advance.
*Russian retreat near Nadworna.
*[[Stanislau]] ([[Galicia]]) captured by Austrian forces (see [[30 October]] 1914, and [[4 March]] 1915).
*[[Bombardment]] of forts at entrance to [[Dardanelles]] by five British and three French battleships and battle-cruisers (see [[18 March]]).
*Norwegian SS ''Belridge'' torpedoed in Channel (but not sunk) and reaches port. First ship torpedoes by German submarine without warning.<ref group="note">German Government subsequently asserted that this ship was attacked in error.</ref>
*Memoranda published by British Government in reply to [[USA]] Notes about the neutral flag<ref group="note">It is urged that the British Merchant Shipping Act allows the use of the British flag by ships of other nations for the purpose of evading capture, and no nation has forbidden such use of its flag. It is added, however, that the British Government has no intention of advertising British merchant shipping to use foreign flags as a general practice or to resort to them except in order to escape capture or destruction. A belligerent vessel has the obligation of ascertaining the character of a ship before capturing it, and the British Government cannot assume responsibility for what may happen if this is disregarded.</ref> and SS ''Wilhelmina''.<ref group="note">The memorandum states that when the ''Wilhelmina's'' cargo was seized, the British Government had before them the German decree of [[25 January|January 25]], under an article of which imported grain and flour might be delivered only to certain organisations under Government control or to municipal authorities. It has since become know that on [[6 February|February 6]] this article was repealed. The effect of this change must be decided in the Prize Court. The article in question, however, was not the only reason for the seizure of the cargo: the conduct of [[Germany]] was sufficient justification.</ref>


==Notes==
==1916==
*Situated in hut [[billet|billets]] in Hénencourt Wood involved in fatigue duties.<ref>Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.</ref><ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916]]</ref>
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==References==
==1917==
*Battalion remains in Mirvaux. General parades for training and instruction.<ref name="wdfeb17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1917]]</ref>

==1918==
*The [[Lonsdales]] are relieved by the 1st Dorsets and move to 'Vandamme Camp' near Woesten. Relief complete by 12 noon.<ref name="wdfeb18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918]]</ref>

==References / notes==
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==Acknowledgements==

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Revision as of 22:27, 5 June 2020

February

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 19 February.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 19 February on The Great War wiki.

1915

  • General Equipment Indent: 500 sandbags.[1]
  • Battalion Orders: The Miniature Range will be at the disposal of Companies for application Practice, one sighting shot and five rounds per officer, NCO and man. [2]
  • Enlistments to C Company: J. Styles (17603).[3]

1916

  • Situated in hut billets in Hénencourt Wood involved in fatigue duties.[4][5]

1917

  • Battalion remains in Mirvaux. General parades for training and instruction.[6]

1918

  • The Lonsdales are relieved by the 1st Dorsets and move to 'Vandamme Camp' near Woesten. Relief complete by 12 noon.[7]

References / notes

Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.

  1. Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/66
  2. Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/136
  3. Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/135
  4. Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.
  5. 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916
  6. 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1917
  7. 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918
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