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==1916== |
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*[[Battalion]] is situated in the E1 sector near Hénencourt. The front very quiet.<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref> |
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*French regain lost [[trench]] elements near [[Notre Dame de Lorette]]. |
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*Severe fighting at [[Bagatelle]] (the [[Argonne]]). |
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*First German [[airship]] [[air-raid|raid]] on [[Paris]] takes place (see [[30 August]] 1914, and [[29 January]] 1916). |
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*Germans re-occupy [[Memel]], [[East Prussia]] (see [[18 March]]). |
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*Germans abandon attack on [[Osovyets]] and withdraw their [[artillery]]. |
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*Italian military attaché leaves Vienna. |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion remains in Nesle. [[Working parties]] on the roads and bridges that were destroyed by enemy. Craters on cross roads are filled in.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref> |
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==References== |
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==1918== |
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*Battalion is situated in the line. Day is quiet except for gas [[bombardment]] of back areas.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref> |
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*[[Lonsdales]] are relieved in the line by the 15th Highland Light Infantry, which completes by 10.30pm. They march to 'Canal Bank.' [[Brigade]] moves into Divisional Reserve.<ref name="wdmar18" /> |
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*Raiders under 2nd Lieut. J.R. McDonald M.C., rejoins rest of Battalion.<ref name="wdmar18" /> |
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*Deaths: [[Sydney Bishopbrigg (19626 Pte.)]] / [[Herbert Murray (35349)]]<ref group="note">[[Private]] [[Herbert Murray (35349)|Murray]] of Salford [[dies of wounds]]. He is buried at {{CWGC link|id=9700|name=Artillery Wood Cemetery}}.</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:47, 17 April 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 21 March.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 21 March on The Great War wiki.
1916
1917
- Battalion remains in Nesle. Working parties on the roads and bridges that were destroyed by enemy. Craters on cross roads are filled in.[2]
1918
- Battalion is situated in the line. Day is quiet except for gas bombardment of back areas.[3]
- Lonsdales are relieved in the line by the 15th Highland Light Infantry, which completes by 10.30pm. They march to 'Canal Bank.' Brigade moves into Divisional Reserve.[3]
- Raiders under 2nd Lieut. J.R. McDonald M.C., rejoins rest of Battalion.[3]
- Deaths: Sydney Bishopbrigg (19626 Pte.) / Herbert Murray (35349)[note 1]
Notes
- ↑ Private Murray of Salford dies of wounds. He is buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery.
References
Acknowledgements
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 (21 March), 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.