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==1916 (Saturday)== |
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*The Lonsdales are attached to the 8th Division, finding carrying parties for Hairpin and Hohenzollern Mines. |
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===Events preceding British Declaration of War=== |
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*Battalion Headquarters are {{gw|billet}}ed in huts in Noyelles. |
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*[[Russia]] says as [[Austria]] will not consent to interchange of view, [[Great Britain]] must take initiative; but she cannot let Austria get ahead of her, and has decided therefore to mobilise Southern Corps on Austrian frontier. |
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*Russia officially informed by [[Germany]] (but not as a threat) that partial (Russian) mobilisation must be followed by war with Germany. Russia therefore decides on general mobilization,<ref>''The Russian mobilisation of July 29th and [[30 July|July 30th]] as evidence by the "Sukhomlinov Revelations"'' (September 1917) – The action of the German Government who, whist they supported Austria in her attack on [[Serbia]], refused the right to Russia to make any military preparations, inevitably drove Russia to mobilise against [[Germany]] as well as against Austria.</ref> opening her offensive before mobilization is complete (mobilization completes by [[24 August]]).<ref>{{Popular-history|volume=1|volume-title=The First Phase 1914|pageno=172}}</ref> |
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*Great Britain again pressed Germany again ''re'' mediation, but warns her that she (Great Britain) could not stand aside in all circumstances. |
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*Council at Potsdam. |
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*Germany makes out that she may not be able to prevent Austria going too far: makes "infamous offer" that if Great Britain would remain neutral Germany would annex no French territory.<ref>British Government was offered assurances by [[Germany]] that, provided British neutrality was certain, no territorial acquisitions would be taken from [[France]] (in the event of a victorious war), but no undertakings could be given with regard to the French Colonies. Dutch neutrality was to be recognised; [[Belgium]] to be conditional on military necessity, but after the war, if Belgium did not side against Germany, her integrity would be respected.</ref> |
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*Austrians [[bombard]] [[Belgrade]] in afternoon. |
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*Unsuccessful Austrian attempt to cross [[Danube]] between Belgrade and Gradishte (the first of 18 vain efforts prior to [[12 August]]). |
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*MM. [[Poincaré]] and [[Viviani]] reach [[Paris]]. |
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*German patrols cross French frontier. Extensive German and Austrian preparations. |
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*[[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar]] tries to stop general Russian mobilisation 11 p.m. |
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==1917 (Sunday)== |
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*Battalion [[gw:company|companies]] involved in {{gw|working parties}} during day and night. |
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*{{WF}} - [[Artillery]] action [[Souchez]] and [[Soissons]] sectors, around [[Arras]], etc. [[Nancy]] bombed. |
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*{{EF}} - Line of [[Lyublin-Kholm railway]] cut by enemy. German [[troops]] break through Russian positions west of the Veprj. Unsuccessful enemy attempt to advance between [[Narev]] and the Orz. |
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*{{SF}} - Strong Italian offensive in [[Cordevole]] valley. |
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*{{NO}} - Loss of French submarine ''Mariotte'' in [[Dardanelles]]. Austrians attempt to recapture [[Pelagosa Island]]. American Note to [[Germany]] concerning the ''Leelanaw'' is reported. |
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*{{PO}} - [[Mr. Lloyd George]] speaks at conference of mining industry.<ref>[[Mr. Lloyd George]] reviewed the situations, forecast the difficulties and struggles ahead, and deprecated the "Business as usual" attitude.</ref> |
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==1918 (Monday)== |
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==References/notes== |
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*Orders are received for the warrant officers, {{gw|non-commissioned officer}}s and men of the cadres to proceed to join the [[1/5th Border Regiment]] (A.G. letter C.R. 5/9054/30 G.). |
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*The battalion is to be disbanded from date of departure. |
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 29 July.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 29 July on The Great War wiki.
1916 (Saturday)
- The Lonsdales are attached to the 8th Division, finding carrying parties for Hairpin and Hohenzollern Mines.
- Battalion Headquarters are billeted in huts in Noyelles.
1917 (Sunday)
- Battalion companies involved in working parties during day and night.
1918 (Monday)
- Orders are received for the warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the cadres to proceed to join the 1/5th Border Regiment (A.G. letter C.R. 5/9054/30 G.).
- The battalion is to be disbanded from date of departure.
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Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the
Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (29 July), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.