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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|September\|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Friday)== Three men are recruited in Aspatria. The Recruiting Office opens at 7 Devonshire Street, Carlisle.<ref>{{Lowther\|recno=279}}</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ 14 men enlist into {{A Company}}.<ref>{{Lowther\|recno=8}}</ref> [[The Aisne]]: [[Reims]] again bombarded. Enlistments: [[Charles Johnston (13279 Sgt.)]] [[Battle of Albert]] begun by the Germans to prevent encirclement. Use of [[Blackhall Racecourse]] (Battalion Headquarters) starts with [[William Walter Riddell Binning\|Major Binning]], Captain Sale and 75 recruits, forming the nucleus of {{A Company}} and {{B Company}} of North Cumberland men. [[Noyon]] and [[Lassigny]] taken from the French. [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. P.W. Machell]] takes over command of Battalion Headquarters.<ref group="note">[[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Col. Machell]] becomes the heart of the Battalion and the men come to revere him. He turns the varied farm servants, miners, clerks etc. into soldiers, initially on his own, as he does not even have an [[Adjutant]] until December when Captain P.G.W. Diggle is appointed.</ref> [[Camp des Romains]] and [[St. Mihiel]] on the [[Meuse]] taken by the Germans. Newspaper article ''[[Workington Committee for Lonsdale Recruiting]]'' is published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]] ~~===Eastern Front===~~ Major Binning writes to J.W. Barker, manager of the [[Blackhall\|racecourse]]:<br>{{quote-left}}I have arranged with the Boys Scout Authority to provide 10 Scouts for orderly work in connection with the new Camp.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{Lowther\|recno=12}}</ref> East Prussian Frontier: Russians driven across the [[Niemen]], which they proceed to defend. Letter from the Y.M.C.A. in Kendal:<br>{{quote-left}}We give them [Lonsdale Battalion] a most hearty welcome to use our Rooms during their stay in Kendal. We have Reading & Writing, Billiard & Smoking, Miniature Shooting & Gymnasium Rooms.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{Lowther\|recno=111}}</ref> ~~===Political===~~ [[Paul von Hindenburg]] placed in command of combined Austro-German offensive in [[Poland]] and [[Galicia]]. [[Great Britain]]: [[Mr. Asquith]]'s Dublin speech: appeal to volunteers. ==1916 (Monday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ In reserve at Le Quesnoy finding [[working parties]] for the front line [[trench]]es and {{wl\|Royal Engineers}}. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==1917 (Tuesday)== [[Battalion]] situated at La Panne finding working parties. Deaths: [[Robert Mallinson (16336)]] of {{C Company}}. <br/> {{notes}}{{refs}}{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|269]]