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*[[Battalion]] situated in the Hulluch Sector. At 10:30am the Commanding Officer visits the 17th Highland Light Infantry Battalion HQ.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref> |
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*At 2:00pm the Commanding Officer visits the front line [[trench]]es which will be taken over by the Battalion on [[28 August]]. Day very quiet.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*Battle of [[Le Cateau]]:<ref>Battle of [[Le Cateau]] – The close pursuit by von Kluck's 1st Army caused the British 2nd Corps (3rd and 5th Divisions) to halt in its retirement from [[Mons]] and give battle on the hight ground west of Le Cateau. Strengthened by most of the 4th Division on its left and the 19th Brigade on its right, the 2nd Corps (Sir H. Smith-Dorrien) withstood terrific [[artillery]] fire from violent attacks by the enemy till about 3 p.m., when, its right being penetrated and rolled up, it continued the retirement on [[St. Quentin]] in good spirits, the Germans being too exhausted by their losses to pursue in force. Sordet's French Cavalry Corps came up during the battle and assisted on the left.</ref> British forced to retreat: [[Louvain]] destroyed by the Germans. |
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*Deaths: [[Oswald Dixon (15117 Pte.)]].<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref> |
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*End of French attempt to recover [[Alsace]]-[[Lorraine]]: French fall back in [[St. Dié]] region. |
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*The [[Lonsdale Battalion|Lonsdales]] bathe at Divisional baths - Pont de Ghyvelde.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref> |
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*[[East Prussia]]: [[Soldau]] retaken by the Germans: Samsonov's communications cut: beginning of the Russian debacle known as Battle of [[Tannenberg]] (25 miles south-west of [[Allenstein]]). |
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*[[Major]] T.F. Tweed takes over command of the Battalion.<ref name="wdaug17" /> |
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*[[Galicia]]: Beginning of operations against [[Lemberg]]. |
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===Southern Front=== |
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*[[Novi Bazar]] evacuated by the Austrians. |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*[[Togoland]] conquered by the [[Allies]]: town of [[Atakpame]] occupied. |
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 26 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 26 August on The Great War wiki.
1916
- Battalion situated in the Hulluch Sector. At 10:30am the Commanding Officer visits the 17th Highland Light Infantry Battalion HQ.[1]
- At 2:00pm the Commanding Officer visits the front line trenches which will be taken over by the Battalion on 28 August. Day very quiet.[1]
- Deaths: Oswald Dixon (15117 Pte.).[2]