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 ==1914==
+===Western Front===
-*3 men recruited at High Hesket.<ref>{{lowther|recno=12}}</ref>
+*[[Battle of the Yser]]: Germans retake [[Lombartzyde]].
-*Enlistments: [[William Dalton (15406 Pte.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[Evan Jonathan Hughes (17358 Pte.)]].
+*[[Neuve Chapelle]] retaken by the British.
-*John Gibson of the Y.M.C.A. in Kendal in response to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]] about accommodating recruits at the Y.M.C.A: {{quote-left}}Our aim is to provide a home from home for the men and to keep them out of temptation’s way. We have organised sing songs, concerts, band entertainments, shooting and billiard competitions, and allow smoking throughout the place{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
+===Eastern Front===
-*Robert Fulton of Cummersdale Mills: {{quote-left}}We have been carrying out a good many alterations to our Range but we hope to complete them by Saturday and you would be able to commence shooting any time after that....You will be able at least to have 12 men shooting at once and if found necessary 18 with very little difficulty....We have managed to get 11 [[Rifle]]s several clubs having kindly responded to our appeal. I have been fortunate in getting 20,000 Rds of Ammunition....I take it you will be using the white target with round “bull” at first until your men get used to the sights....But if later you wanted to use the green card with [[khaki]] man upon it....{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=?}}</ref>
+*[[Poland]]: Russians recover [[Lodz]].
+*[[Galicia]]: Austrians defeated at [[Sambor]].
-==1916==
+===Naval and Overseas Operations===
-*[[Battalion]] situated at Bouzincourt. General parade of instruction and working parties for the Royal Engineers.<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref><ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref>
+*{{SMS|Emden}} appears at Penang and destroys Russian cruiser ''Zhemchug''.
-*G.O.C.<ref>General Officer Commanding.</ref> Haig in company with Officers Commanding [[Brigade]] & [[Division]]s, visits [[billet]]s and also congratulates the Lonsdales Commanding Officer on the state of his Battalion.<ref name="wdoct16" />
+===Political===
+*[[Great Britain]]: Resignation of Prince Louis of Battenberg from office of First Sea Lord.
-==1917==
+*Trial of Archduke's murderers at [[Sarajevo]].
-*Battalion situated in the Roubrouck Area carries out a practice attack at dawn, [[zero hour]] 5.30am.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>
-*Church Parades held for Companies during the afternoon.<ref name="wdoct17" />
-==References / notes==
-{{refs-lowther}}
+==References/notes==
+{{Gleichen-123}}
+{{reflist}}
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