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===Western Front=== |
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*The Commanding Officer and [[Company]] Commanders leave Bethune at 10:00am to inspect [[trench]]es in the Hulluch Sector.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref> |
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*[[Namur]] falls. |
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*The [[Battalion]] leaves Bethune at 12 noon to take over billets at Philosophe from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*Battle of [[Mons]] begins: general German attack on the French from [[Charleroi]] to [[Dinant]]. |
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*The men get the opportunity to bathe.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*French begin to fall back from Sambre and [[Meuse]]; also in northern [[Alsace]]. |
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*Five officers return from Divisional School.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*Trench strength at 305 [[other ranks]] and 15 officers.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*[[East Prussia]]: Germans evacuate [[Insterburg]]; at the Battle of [[Frankenau]], Germans driven back. |
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*[[Galicia]]: Russians take [[Brody]] and [[Tarnopol]]. |
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===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres=== |
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*[[Tsing-tau]] blockaded and bombarded by the Japanese. |
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===Political=== |
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*[[Japan]] declares war on [[Germany]]. |
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*Germany: [[General Hindenburg]] receives command in East Prussia. |
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*'A' and 'C Companies practice 'Rapid Consolidation'; 'B' and 'D' Companies in [[musket]]ry and firing. Sports in the afternoon.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:42, 10 January 2018
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 23 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 23 August on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Namur falls.
- Battle of Mons begins: general German attack on the French from Charleroi to Dinant.
- French begin to fall back from Sambre and Meuse; also in northern Alsace.
Eastern Front
- East Prussia: Germans evacuate Insterburg; at the Battle of Frankenau, Germans driven back.
- Galicia: Russians take Brody and Tarnopol.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
- Tsing-tau blockaded and bombarded by the Japanese.
Political
- Japan declares war on Germany.
- Germany: General Hindenburg receives command in East Prussia.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)