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==1914== |
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===Events preceding British Declaration of War=== |
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*Announcement that the [[Kaiser]] will not attend [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand]]'s funeral. |
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==1915== |
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*{{WF}} - German success near Four de Paris ([[Argonne]]); severe fighting; enemy repulsed near Blanleuil. |
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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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==1916== |
==1916== |
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*Battalion remains in [[Authuille Wood]], assisting in holding the line and finding fatigues for carrying up grenades from Authuille [[Dump]].<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</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== |
==1917== |
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*Battalion remains in occupation of 'C' Sub-sector of Nieuport-Lombardzyde Sector. Day fairly quiet with little shelling.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref> |
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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== |
==1918== |
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*Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment (USA) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref> |
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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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|1916={{clear}} |
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*[[William Ferguson (13776 L/Cpl.)|Ferguson, William (13776 L/Cpl.)]] |
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*[[Edward Hine (13790 Pte.)|Hine, Edward (13790 Pte.)]] |
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|1918={{clear}} |
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==References/notes== |
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