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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 24 December.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 24 December on The Great War wiki.

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1914

Western Front

• British bomb German airsheds at Brussels.
• Dover bombed by German aeroplane.
• French successes at Perthes-les-Hurlus (Champagne) and Consenvoye (Meuse).

Eastern Front

• Reported rising of Romanians in Transylvania.

Naval and Overseas Operations

• Portuguese Colony of Angola (south-west Africa) invaded by Germans.

Political

• Morocco: Great Britain recognises French Protectorate.
• 134,000 German and 225,000 Austrian prisoners claimed by Russia to date.

References/notes

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)