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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|November\|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext~~}}<br>{{year-day\|Wednesday\|Thursday\|Saturday\|Sunday\|Monday~~}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Wednesday)== Schedule of lights and fittings at the [[Blackhall Camp\|Grand Stand]].<ref>{{lowther\|recno=75}}</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ Monthly indents of personal clothing and kits are issued to {{C Company}} in Kendal.<ref>{{lowther\|recno=68}}</ref> [[Arras]] bombarded by the Germans. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ ==1915 (Thursday)== [[Poland]]: Three German Divisions nearly encircled at [[Lodz]], escape through delay of Rennenkampf. [[Battalion]] leaves Longpré at 1am: {{A Company}} marches to Ergnies, arriving at 7am. [[Hungary]] raided by Russian cavalry. {{B Company}}, {{C Company}} and {{D Company}} marches to Gorenflos, arriving at 5:30am and remain in [[billet\|billets]].<ref name="lonsdales">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> ~~===Political===~~ [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. Machell]]: "Very good moving on gradually, so the men get used to billeting; it’s a big change for these lads, accustomed to having everything done for them. Their minds move slowly and they think it’s still training; so far we have got along first rate, much better than others. [[Gerald Spring-Rice\|Spring-Rice]] very good at getting the transport along." <ref name="lonsdales" /> Poland: Polish National Council issues in [[Warsaw]] a manifesto emphasising necessity of a thorough defeat of the Germans. ==1916 (Saturday)== Battalion parades then leaves Arqueves at 9.25am; arrives Gezaincourt 12 noon. A draft of 40 men reports in as reinforcements. ==1917 (Sunday)== Battalion is situated in the Bellvue area. A and C Companies withdraw without relief onto B and D Companies. Both A and C Companies suffer heavy casualties owing to a hostile [[barrage]] put down in the front line area. Battalion is relieved by the 15th Highland Light Infantry, which completes at 11.30pm. Battalion then moves on to relieve the 17th Highland Light Infantry in the left subsector via Kronprinz Farm. Relief completes at 2am on [[26 November\|the following morning]]. Captain J. Benson, 2nd Lieut. J.R McDonald, 2nd Lieut. Duncan and 35 [[other ranks]] are wounded. 12 [[other ranks]] are killed and 7 are missing. ===The following Lonsdale men died this day in 1917=== {{Lonsdale Casualties 25 November 1917}} <!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}} ~~==References/notes==~~ ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|330]]