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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|December}}{{Date-introtext~~}}<br>{{year-day\|Wednesday\|Thursday\|Saturday\|Sunday\|Monday~~}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1914~~1915 (Thursday)== [[Battalion]] marches to Molliens-au-Bois; arrives and [[billet]]s at 12:30pm. ~~===Western Front===~~ Involved in lectures, inspections and physical exercises.<ref name=“lons15”>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> Germans try to cross [[Yser (river)\|Yser]] on rafts, south of [[Dixmude]]; decisively repulsed. French occupy Lesménils (Moselle) and Burnhaupt ([[Alsace]]). ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[Hungary]]: Russians occupy [[Bartfeld]]. ~~===Southern Front===~~ [[Serbia]]: Austrians occupy [[Belgrade]]; Serbians begin counter-offensive in [[Suvobor]] region. ~~===Political===~~ Speech by [[Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg]] blaming Britain for the war. [[Ireland]]: Seditious paper seized in Dublin. ==1916 (Saturday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Berteaucourt: Church parade and inspection of billets by Commanding Officer. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==1917 (Sunday)== <noinclude>▼ Battalion makes a night attack on German positions South of Westroosebeek in conjunction with the remaining units of [[97th Brigade]] and two units of the 96th Brigade. 1.55am: [[Zero hour]]. The [[Lonsdales]] take their objectives. Two leapfrogging [[company\|companies]] fall back before dawn onto subsidiary objectives. These are held all day. *4.30pm: The enemy launches a counterattack and the Lonsdale fall back to the old line. ====The following Lonsdale men died this day in 1917==== {{Lonsdale Casualties 2 December 1917}}{{clear}} <!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}} ▲<noinclude>{{sources}} [[Category:Events by day\|337]] [[Category:December events\|02]]