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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|January}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1915 (Thursday)== Punishments: N. Nixon (15458), W. Armstrong (13639), J. Moore (13891), H. Nicholson (13640), H. Baxter (13636) and R. Ashbridge (13872), all of D Company, get one week’s detention.<ref name="lowther135">{{lowther\|recno=135}}</ref> French take woods near the farm of [[Beauséjour]], but lose ground in the [[Bois-le-Prêtre]]. Enlistments to A Company: [[Sergeant]] P. Crilley (17532)<ref name="lowther135" /> Further Austrian attack at the [[Kirlibaba Pass]] repulsed. Lieut-Gen. [[Erich von Falkenhayn]] succeeded as German Minister for War by Lieut-Gen. Wild von Hohenborn (see [[30 October]], [[1916]]). Von Falkenhayn remains Chief of the General Staff (see [[29 August]], [[1916]]). British {{SS\|Durward}} sunk by submarine near Maas lightship. H.M. Ambassador at Washington announces that {{SS\|Dacia}}, if captured, will be placed in a Prize Court.<ref group="note">The ''Dacia'', a vessel of the Hamburg-Amerika line, had been lying at Port Arthur, Texas, since the outbreak of war. With the permission of the United States Government, she was bought by an American citizen of German origin, Breitung by name, who purposed to send her to Bremen with a cargo of cotton shipped by American citizens. The destination, however, was afterwards changed to Rotterdam. The point at issue was the validity of the transference to neutrals of vessels belonging to a belligerent. Cotton not being treated as contraband at this time, the British Government offered, if the ship were seized, to purchase the cargo or have it forwarded without charge to Rotterdam.</ref> ==1916 (Friday)== [[Battalion]] returns to the F1 sector near Aveluy.<ref group="notes">The 8th Norfolk Regiment is situated on the right, the 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on the left.</ref><ref name="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref> ==1917 (Sunday)== Battalion is situated in the [[trench\|trenches]] R1 Sector (Beaumont Hamel).<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref> ==1918 (Monday)== Work on cleaning and the improving of Caribou Camp.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref> ~~==Notes==~~ ~~<references group="note"/>~~ ~~==References==~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ~~==Acknowledgements==~~ ~~{{acknowledgements}}~~ <noinclude> {{refs-notes}} [[Category:Events by day\|021]] [[Category:January events\|21021]] </noinclude>

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