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==19141916 (Sunday)==
*Battalion situated at [[Authuille]] Sector. 18 Pounder guns bombards German lines continuously.
===Events preceding British Declaration of War===
*German retaliation is very heavy during the afternoon. Casualties: 1 [[other ranks|other rank]] is wounded, 2 other ranks suffer from [[Shell Shock|shell shock]].
*[[Kiel Canal]] reopened (owing to its having been deepened) by the [[Kaiser]]. Visit of the British Fleet under Sir G. Warrender. Kaiser inspects the Dreadnought HMS ''[[HMS King George V|King George V]]''.
==19151917 (Monday)==
*Ooste-Dunkerque: Battalion engaged in [[working parties]] totalling 107 men found for various works.
*{{WF}} Continued fighting north of [[Arras]] and on the heights of the [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]]. French airmen bomb railway station at Douai.
*Remainder of day spent in training.
*{{EF}} Russians fight a rearguard action at Bobrka.
*Battalion moves from Camp Gallimard to Camp Ribiallet at 9.30pm.
*{{SF}} Austrians repulsed in the [[Carnic Alps]].
*{{NO}} [[Bukoba]] (German port on [[Lake Victoria Nyanza]]), destroyed by British column.
==19161918 (Tuesday)==
*Battalion training continues; weather good.
*{{WF}} Battle of Verdun: Heavy fighting at Fleury and west of Thiaumont. Preliminary British [[bombardment]] along Somme front and northwards.
*{{EF}} Russian advance from Bukovina; fighting on Dniester.
*{{SF}} Great Italian advance from Brenta to the Adige. Asiago retaken.
*{{PO}} Roger Casement trial begins.
<noinclude> {{refs-notes}}▼==1917==
*{{WF}} British advance on Souchez river continues. French carry crest near Hurtebise ("Drangon's Cave"). '''First fighting contingent of American [[troops]] lands in France'''.
*{{SF}} Austrian counter-attackson Mt. Ortigara.
*{{NO}} Raid in Black Sea by {{SMS|Breslau}}; Russian wireless station and lighthouse on island of Fidonisi destroyed.
*{{PO}} M. Venizelos returns to Athens and succeeds M. Zaimis as Premier. Recall of German Minister to Norway, consequent or bomb-plot.
==1918==
*{{WF}} American success near Belleau Wood. British air attacks on Saabrücken, Offenburg (13 miles south east of Strassburg) and Karlsruhe.
*{{EF}} M. Markiewicz (Socialist) forms cabinet in Ukraine, vice M. Lyshub resigns.
*{{SF}} Italians take bridge-head of Capo Sile.
*{{PO}} Speech of Chief Secretary for Ireland in House of Commons.<ref>Speech of Mr. Shortt (Irish Secretary) ''re'' Irish situation: (1) Two sources of Information ''re'' German plot: (''a'') inside Ireland, from literature and posters; (''b'') outside Ireland, information that Germany in spring was trying to get in touch with Ireland. German agent landed in West Ireland [[12 April]]. Two German submarines off west coast, where destruction of shipping impossible. (2) Justification of Government policy. Voluntary recruiting proclamation essential before conscription; Recruiting Council set up. Propaganda for Ireland being attended to.</ref>
==1919==
*Post Armistice: Bolsheviks 20 Miles from Perm, and advancing east of Ufa.
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