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==19141916 (Tuesday)==
*A [[bombardment]] of the enemy's lines is carried out at 4:20pm by [[Allied]] Field Guns: 4.5 [[Howitzer]]s, medium and light [[trench mortar]]s and [[rifle]] [[grenade]]s [[Battery (artillery)|batteries]].
===Western Front===
*The bombardment lasts for 30 mins with very little retaliation. The German trenches are badly damaged.
*Stiff French rearguard fights.
*From 4:30pm to 10:30pm it rains very heavily causing some damage to the [[Lonsdales]] trenches and [[dug-out]]s.
*British retire to line [[Compiègne]]-[[Soissons]].
*Germans occupy [[La Fère]], [[Rethel]], [[Amiens]], etc.
===Eastern Front===
*[[East Prussia]]: Battle of [[Tannenberg]] ends in the rout of Samsonov's Second Army.
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
*[[Cameroons]]: British reverse at Garua.
*[[Samoa]]: German portion occupied by [[New Zealand]] [[troops]].
 
==1917 (Wednesday)==
==References/notes==
*[[Battalion]] situated at Oost Dunkerque cleaning up [[billet]]s; rains during the morning.
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