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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|December}}{{Date-introtext~~}}<br>{{year-day\|Sunday\|Monday\|Wednesday\|Thursday\|Friday~~}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1916 (Wednesday)== ~~==1914==~~ Puchevillers: Parades for Battalion drill under the Commanding Officer. Afternoon spent in [[Company]] training. ~~===Western Front===~~ Some men on a [[sniping]] and [[Lewis gun]] course. [[Battle of Givenchy]] continued. Furious German attacks on Indian [[troops]]. ==~~=Eastern~~1917 ~~Front=~~(Thursday)== Battalion moves from Wurst Farm into the front line to relieve the 17th Highland Light Infantry; relief is quiet and completes at midnight. [[Poland]]: Russians holding the [[Bzura (river)\|Bzura River]] against heavy German assaults. Casualties: Four [[other ranks]]. [[Galicia]]: Russians begin to counter-attack and to recover the [[Carpathian Mountains\|Carpathian Passes]]. ~~===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===~~ <br/> Armenia: Russians defeat the Turks near [[Lake Van]]. <!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->{{acks}} ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ [[South Africa]]: Captain Fourie shot; his brother's sentence commuted. ~~==References/notes==~~ ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|355]]