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==1916 (Sunday)== |
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*[[Battalion]] situated in the Cambrin Sector, front line [[trench]]es. |
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===Western Front=== |
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*The Lonsdales have a comparatively quiet day except for a few [[trench mortar]]s and [[rifle]] [[grenade]]s fired from both sides. |
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*[[Brussels]] evacuated by the Belgians and occupied by the Germans. |
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*[[Namur]] bombarded. |
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*[[Lorraine]]: Powerful German counter-attack near [[Saarburg]] and [[Morhange]] drives French back. |
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*British concentration Avesnes-[[Le Cateau]] completed. |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*[[East Prussia]]: Battle of [[Gumbinnen]]. Russian victory followed by occupation of the town, Goldap and [[Lyck]]. |
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===Southern Front=== |
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*[[Serbia]]: Disorderly flight of Austrians towards the frontier. |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*[[East Africa]]: [[Taveta]] occupied by the Germans: Uganda Railway attacked. |
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===Political=== |
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*Rome: Death of [[Pope Pius X]]. |
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==1917 (Monday)== |
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==References/notes== |
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*Battalion situated at Ghyvelde involved in Battalion training in Divisional Attack and rapid consolidation etc. |
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*Deaths: [[William Foster Featherstone (23738 Pte.)]]. |
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Latest revision as of 13:46, 12 July 2022
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 20 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 20 August on The Great War wiki.
1916 (Sunday)
- Battalion situated in the Cambrin Sector, front line trenches.
- The Lonsdales have a comparatively quiet day except for a few trench mortars and rifle grenades fired from both sides.
1917 (Monday)
- Battalion situated at Ghyvelde involved in Battalion training in Divisional Attack and rapid consolidation etc.
- Deaths: William Foster Featherstone (23738 Pte.).
Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the Lonsdale Battalion on this day... (hover to read more)
Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (20 August), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.