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<noinclude>{{Calendar|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
==19141915==
*Enlistments: [[George Fawkes (13299 Cpl.)]].<ref>{{SDGW}}</ref>
===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==
===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.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>
*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.<ref name="wdaug16" />
*The Commanding Officer inspects these front line trenches during the night.<ref name="wdaug16" />
 
==1917==
==References/notes==▼
*At 8:50pm the Lonsdales move from Canada Camp to Oost Dunkerque as Divisional Reserve; arrives 9:50pm.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
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==1918==
*Deaths: [[Evan Davies (15447 Sgt.)]] and [[Herbert Arthur Napper (27792 Pte.)]].<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
 
▲==References / notes==
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