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==1914== |
==1914== |
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===Western Front=== |
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*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> |
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*Action at [[Villers-Cotterets]]: British 4th (Guards) Brigade checks German advance. |
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*[[Soissons]] bombarded and occupied by Germans. |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*[[East Prussia]]: General Russian withdrawal towards the Bug. |
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*[[Galicia]]: Battle of [[Lemberg]] goes against the Austrians. |
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===Political=== |
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*[[Russia]]: [[St. Petersburg]] renamed "Petrograd" |
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==1916== |
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*[[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> |
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*Deaths: [[Thomas William Hogg (17463 Pte.)]].<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref> |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion situated at Ooste-Dunkerque. The Village is shelled considerably with long distance high velocity guns during the night [[31 August]]. Transport Lines are hit and 4 Officers' Chargers are killed. |
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