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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1914~~1915 (Friday)== The [[Lonsdales]] are taken over by the War Office almost one year after it is formed by [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale\|Lord Lonsdale]] and an Executive Committee. ~~===Western Front===~~ British fall back from [[St. Quentin]]. [[Lille]] and [[Mezières]] occupied by the Germans. [[Namur]]: Last of the forts reduced. [[Ostend]] occupied by mixed British force (Marines, etc.). ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[Galicia]]: Russians capture [[Halicz]] and [[Tarnopol]]. ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ SS ''[[SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse\|Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse]]'' sunk by HMS ''[[HMS Highflyer\|Highflyer]]''. SMS ''[[SMS Magdeburg\|Magdeburg]]'', German cruiser, destroyed in Gulf of Finland. ~~===Political===~~ [[France]]: M. [[Viviani]]'s Ministry reconstructed: entry of M. [[Millerand]] (War) and [[Delcassé]] (Foreign Affairs). ==1916 (Sunday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Hulluch Sector: At 10:00am a conference is held at Battalion HQ by [[Brigadier-General]] Jardine; officers commanding battalions are present. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ Day very quiet. ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==1917 (Monday)== Battalion moves at 1:30pm to Canada Camp via Bray-Dunes: along the beach past La Panne, then to St Idesbalde and inland to Canada Camp; arrives 6:30pm. <br/> <!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|240]]