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 ==1914==
+===Western Front===
-*Enlistments: [[Thomas Smith Glasson (15430 L/Cpl.)]].
+*[[Battle of the Yser]]: Germans forced by floods to retreat.
-*Newspaper article: ''[[Lonsdale Battalion - More Workington Recruits]]''.<ref>[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 30 October, 1914.</ref>
+*[[Ypres]] closely pressed by the Germans.
-*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] reports to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: {{quote-left}}It is most kind of you to have ordered the football jerseys, & we shall be very pleased to wear your crest....we have had to evacuate the tents....as the water came through. However, they have got on well with flooring the loose boxes....Tomorrow our numbers should be 800, and I expect a big influx after the hirings. In the Race Stand buildings we have not accommodation for more than 350. If the Bar Stand can be made habitable, we can temporarily put 40 there, but it is wanted as a canteen. In stables, say, 300, & I should like to the use the Pavilion as a mess & recreation hut....so that we shall require hutments for 450 men.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
+*Germans press back French along the [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]].
+===Eastern Front===
+*[[Poland]]: Russians defeat Germans at [[Bakalaryevo]].
+===Naval and Overseas Operations===
+*[[South Africa]]: Rebels routed at [[Schuit Drift]].
+*{{SMS|Königsberg}} discovered hiding in Rufiji River ([[East Africa]]).
+===Political===
+*[[Great Britain]]: Trial of the German spy [[Karl Hans Lody]] begins.
+*[[Turkey]]: [[Allies]]' Ambassadors ask for passports.
+==References/notes==
-==1916==
+{{Gleichen-123}}
-*[[Battalion]] leaves Bouzincourt in full marching order. Arrive Herissat at 11.30am.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref>
-==1917==
-*Battalion situated in the Roubrouck Area involved in [[Company]] training.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>
-==References / notes==
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