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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|September\|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Tuesday)== Command of the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction\|Lonsdale Battalion]] is given to [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|P. W. Machell, C.M.G.]], of Crackenthorpe, with the temporary rank of [[Lieutenant-Colonel]].<ref>[[The Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment, September 1914 to June 1915]].</ref> His commission and rank is gazetted on [[15 October]], 1914.<ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ Action at [[Villers-Cotterets]]: British 4th (Guards) Brigade checks German advance. [[Soissons]] bombarded and occupied by Germans. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[East Prussia]]: General Russian withdrawal towards the Bug. [[Galicia]]: Battle of [[Lemberg]] goes against the Austrians. ~~===Political===~~ [[Russia]]: [[St. Petersburg]] renamed "Petrograd" ==1916 (Friday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ [[Battalion]] is absorbed into the 75th Training Reserve Battalion of 17th Reserve Brigade.<ref name="ofb12">''[http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitData?UniX=10978 12 The Border Regiment]'' Orders of Battle. Accessed 7 August 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/border.htm The Border Regiment] Chris Barker. The Long, Long Trail. Accessed 7 August 2016.</ref> ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ Deaths: [[Thomas William Hogg (17463 Pte.)]] ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==1917 (Saturday)== Ooste-Dunkerque: The village is [[shell (projectile)\|shelled]] considerably with long distance high velocity guns during the night [[31 August]]. Transport Lines are hit and 4 officers' chargers are killed. <br/> <!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|245]]