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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|October}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Tuesday)== {{preceding}} ~~===Western Front===~~ Recruiting Office sent 13 attestations to [[Blackhall Camp]]. <ref>{{lowther\|recno=12}}</ref> [[Battle of the Yser]]: Belgians, with French aid, maintain unbroken the front [[Nieuport]]-[[Dixmude]]. [[William Arthur Fell (17355)]], from Milnthorpe, Westmorland, enlists at Kendal. [[Neuve Chapelle]] taken by the Germans. Letter from Redmaynes, tailors of Kendal regarding uniform sizes: "My instructions are ‘No alterations to be made, the tunics & trousers are to be tried on different recruits until each one receives somewhere near a fit’ as all are made in stock sizes not to measures!" <ref>{{lowther\|recno=11}}</ref> Germans pushed back east of [[Nancy]]. R. Stanley is appointed the rank of [[Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant]].<ref>[[The Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment, September 1914 to June 1915]].</ref><ref group="n">Stanley remains in the role until his appointment to a commission of [[Captain]] on [[22 February\|22nd February]], 1915.</ref> ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[Poland]]: Russian victory along the line [[Petrokov]]-[[Radom]]. ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ [[South Africa]]: [[General Beyers]] defeated by [[General Botha]] at [[Commissie Drift]], near [[Rustenburg]]. {{HMS\|Audacious}} sunk by mine off the northern Irish Coast. French liner ''Amiral Ganteaume'' sunk. {{SMS\|Emden}} captures Japanese ship ''Kamasaka Maru''. ~~===Political===~~ [[Portugal]]: Naval Reserves called up. ==1916 (Friday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Bouzincourt: General parade of instruction and [[working party\|working parties]] for the {{wl\|Royal Engineers}}. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==1917 (Saturday)== Battalion situated in the Roubrouck Area. Commanding Officer's lectures during morning. [[Stretcher bearer]]s under medical officers from 10am to 12pm and from 2-4pm. Battalion carries out practice during afternoon. <br/> {{notes}}{{refs}}{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|301]]