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==19141916==
*Battalion parades in the morning for foot and rifle drill etc. at Allouagne; kit inspection in the afternoon.<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref>
===Events preceding British Declaration of War===
*[[Serbia]] appeals to [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar]]. Russian Cabinet Council meets. [[Sir Edward Grey]] says: "...never before seen one State address to another independent State a document of so formidable a character". He at once proposes four-Power ([[Great Britain]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Italy]]) mediation.
*Revolutionary movements in [[St. Petersburg]].
*Failure of Home Rule Conference announced: Irish deadlock.
 
==19151917==
*Battalion involved in practice attack at Bray-Dunes on a Strong Point with live ammunition.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - German attack near [[Hooge]] repulsed. [[Dunkirk]] [[bombarded]]. French capture positions in [[Ban-de-Sapt]] ([[Vosges]]).
*{{SF}} - Austrian attacks on Luznica Ridge (Julian) repulsed.
*{{AE}} - Turks defeated outside [[Nasriya]] ([[Euphrates]]).
*{{PO}} - Strikes and German outrages in [[munitions|Munition]] factories irritate public opinion in [[USA]].
 
==1918==
==References/notes==
*Orders received for the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction|Lonsdale Battalion]] to be disbanded and for personnel to proceed to the base (198 Inf. Bde. 1737A).<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref>
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