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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1914~~1915 (Saturday)== Enlistments: [[George Fawkes (13299 Cpl.)]]. ~~===Western Front===~~ Germans capture Fort Manonviller (Avricourt). British on line [[Noyon]]-Chauny-[[La Fère]]: British cavalry successful near latter. Fall of [[Longwy]]. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ Russians beat Austrians at [[Lützow]] ([[Galicia]]). [[East Prussia]]: Russians approach the ''[[SMS Königsberg\|Königsberg]]'' in the north: but in the south the Battle of [[Tannenberg]] continues against them. ==1916 (Monday)== ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ At 12:30pm the [[Lonsdales]] relieve the 17th Highland Light Infantry in the front line [[trench]]es (left of Hulluch Sector); relief is complete by 2:45pm. Battle of Bight of [[Heligoland]]: the German cruisers ''[[SMS Mainz\|Mainz]]'', ''[[SMS Cöln\|Koln]]'', and ''[[SMS Ariadne\|Ariadne]]'' sunk.<ref>Battle of [[Heligoland]]: 1st Battle-cruiser Squadron, under Rear-Admiral Beatty, 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, under Commodore Goodenough, and a strong force of destroyers sink 3 German cruisers and 2 destroyers, and damage many others.</ref> The day is very quiet with little or no action to report. The Commanding Officer inspects these front line trenches during the night. ==1917 (Tuesday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ At 8:50pm the Lonsdales move from Canada Camp to Oost Dunkerque as Divisional Reserve; arrives 9:50pm. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==1918 (Wednesday)== Deaths: [[Evan Davies (15447 Sgt.)]] and [[Herbert Arthur Napper (27792)]]. <br/> <!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|241]]