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==1914== |
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===Western Front=== |
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*A bombardment of the enemy's lines is carried out at 4:20pm by [[Allied]] Field Guns: 4.5 Howitzers, medium and light [[trench mortar]]s and rifle grenades batteries.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref> |
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*Stiff French rearguard fights. |
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*The bombardment lasts for 30 mins with very little retaliation. The German trenches are badly damaged.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*British retire to line [[Compiègne]]-[[Soissons]]. |
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*From 4:30pm to 10:30pm it rains very heavily causing some damage to the [[Lonsdales]] trenches and [[dug-out]]s.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*Germans occupy [[La Fère]], [[Rethel]], [[Amiens]], etc. |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*[[East Prussia]]: Battle of [[Tannenberg]] ends in the rout of Samsonov's Second Army. |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*[[Cameroons]]: British reverse at Garua. |
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*[[Samoa]]: German portion occupied by [[New Zealand]] [[troops]]. |
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==1917== |
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*[[Battalion]] situated at Oost Dunkerque cleaning up [[billet]]s; rains during the morning.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref> |
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