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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|December}}{{Date-introtext~~}}<br>{{year-day\|Tuesday\|Wednesday\|Friday\|Saturday\|Sunday~~}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Tuesday)== [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. Machell]] to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale\|Lord Lonsdale]]: "....[[greatcoat]]s.... actually received 230...." <ref>{{lowther\|recno=279}}</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ Lord Lonsdale's reply: "....greatcoat difficulty was not fault of committee but fault of contract being made with company who became insolvent and could not obtain cloth to vary out contracts." <ref>{{lowther\|recno=131}}</ref> [[Vermelles]], near Bethune, recovered by the French. Daily returns of rations are issued to 11 [[sergeant]]s and 239 men.<ref>{{lowther\|recno=102}}</ref> [[King George]] visits Indian [[troops]]; confers G.C.B. on [[General Joffre]]. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ ==1915 (Wednesday)== Fierce fighting in the suburbs of [[Lodz]]. [[Battalion]] situated in [[billet]]s at Villers-Bocage. ~~===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===~~ Armenia: Russians capture Sarai and Bashkal. ==1916 (Friday)== ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ Newspaper articles ''[[Killed - Sgt. Arthur Hackett]]'' and ''[[Wounded - L/Cpl. R. Potts & Sgt. J.W. Oglethorpe]]'' are published.<ref>[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 1 December, 1916.</ref> [[South Africa]]: Surrender of [[General de Wet]]. Battalion situated at Berteaucourt involved in training under [[company]] arrangements. Games etc. in the afternoon. Deaths: [[Arthur Carrigan (14926 Pte.)]] / [[Richard Potts (16303)]] ==1917 (Saturday)== Battalion situated at Wurst Farm, resting the majority of the day then. 8.55pm: The men ready themselves prior to attack. <br/> <!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}} ~~==References/notes==~~ ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|336]]