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==1916 (Sunday)== |
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*Battalion remains in [[Authuille Wood]], assisting in holding the line and finding [[fatigues]] for carrying up [[grenade]]s from [[Authuille]] [[Dump]]. |
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===Events preceding British Declaration of War=== |
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*Deaths: [[William Ferguson (13776 L/Cpl.)]] / [[Edward Hine (13790 Pte.)]] |
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*Announcement that the [[Kaiser]] will not attend [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand]]'s funeral. |
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==1917 (Monday)== |
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*Battalion remains in occupation of 'C' Sub-sector of Nieuport-Lombardzyde Sector. |
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*{{WF}} - German success near Four de Paris ([[Argonne]]); severe fighting; enemy repulsed near Blanleuil. |
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*Day fairly quiet with little [[shell]]ing. |
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*{{EF}} - Austrians (Archduke Josef Ferdinand) occupy [[Krasnik]]; heavy Austro-Russian engagements between Vistula and Bug. |
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*{{SF}} - Great battle for Carso Plateau begins. Italians nearing Tolmino (Jul.). |
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*{{NO}} - German cruiser ''Pommern'' sunk by British submarine in Danzig Bay. Russian warships sink the ''Albatross'' off Gothland. |
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*{{PO}} - Munitions Bill sent to House of Lords after third reading. |
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==1918 (Tuesday)== |
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*Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment (33rd American Division) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref group="note">The [[Lonsdales]] were in their final month before being disbanded. Where training is concerned, this was done alongside the American infantry. It was during this period that they moved to several different locations in the eventual run up to the disbandment papers being approved. On [[29 July]], 1918, the [[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918|war diary states]]: {{quote-left}}orders received for WO's, [[NCO]]'s and men of the cadres to proceed to join the [[1/5th Border Regiment]] (A.G. letter C.R. 5/9054/30 G.) and for battalion to be disbanded from date of departure.{{quote-right}} The Lonsdale are disbanded two days later on [[31 July]].</ref> |
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*{{WF}} - British capture Fricourt; relinquish captured [[trench]]es at Gommecourt. French take Curlu, Frise, Bois de Méreaucourt and Herbécourt. |
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*{{EF}} - Russians take offensive at Smorgon and Baranovichi, and penetrate German lines. Germans continue advance on Lutsk salient. South of Dniester they regain Tlumacz. |
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*{{SF}} - Skirmishes near Salonika; [[artillery]] duels on lower bank of Vardar. Heavy [[artillery]] fire and sharp infantry attacks in Trentino and Carso. |
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*{{AE}} - Turks take Kermanshah; Russians driven east on road to Hamadan. |
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==1917== |
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*{{WF}} - British aeroplanes bomb [[Bruges]]. British advanced posts driven back short distance from [[Lens]]. German attacks repulsed north of the [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]]. |
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*{{EF}} - Russian offensive progresses in the region of Zborow (east of [[Lemberg]]); 6,300 prisoners taken. |
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*{{PO}} - King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation. |
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==1918== |
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*{{WF}} - Germans re-capture ground north-west of [[Albert (place)|Albert]]. French advance north of [[River Aisne]] near Moulin sous Touvent (north-west of Soissons). 1,019,115 U.S. [[troops]] embarked for France up to date: 291 lost at sea. |
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*{{SF}} - Successful Italian attack on Austrians in Piave delta begins - 1,900 prisoners. |
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*{{PO}} - Opening of International Commercial Conference at Westminster. Establishment of (British) Central Council of Agriculture. Statement of General Botha ''re'' military and police measures.<ref>[[General Botha]] (Premier of South African Union) stated at Pretoria that military and police measures were necessitated by discovery of movement for subversion of Constitution by violence. "Demon of intrigue" at work.</ref> Publication of Austrian Docialists' Declaration ''re'' peace.<ref>Austrian Socialists' Declaration ''re'' Peace: (1) League of Nations to be established. (2) No annexations: disputed territorial problems to be settled by self-determination of Nations. (3) Equal freedom of economic development and avoidance of economic war. (4) Peace not to be based on victory. (5) [[Austria-Hungary]] to be federation of autonomous nations. (6) Creation of free Balkan peoples. (7) Treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest to be annulled. (8) Restoration and indemnification of [[Belgium]].</ref> |
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==References/notes== |
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Latest revision as of 13:24, 8 July 2022
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 2 July.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 2 July on The Great War wiki.
1916 (Sunday)
- Battalion remains in Authuille Wood, assisting in holding the line and finding fatigues for carrying up grenades from Authuille Dump.
- Deaths: William Ferguson (13776 L/Cpl.) / Edward Hine (13790 Pte.)
1917 (Monday)
- Battalion remains in occupation of 'C' Sub-sector of Nieuport-Lombardzyde Sector.
- Day fairly quiet with little shelling.
1918 (Tuesday)
- Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment (33rd American Division) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.[note 1]
Notes
- ↑ The Lonsdales were in their final month before being disbanded. Where training is concerned, this was done alongside the American infantry. It was during this period that they moved to several different locations in the eventual run up to the disbandment papers being approved. On 29 July, 1918, the war diary states: “orders received for WO's, NCO's and men of the cadres to proceed to join the 1/5th Border Regiment (A.G. letter C.R. 5/9054/30 G.) and for battalion to be disbanded from date of departure.” The Lonsdale are disbanded two days later on 31 July.
Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the Lonsdale Battalion on this day... (hover to read more)
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 (2 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.