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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1914~~1916 (Thursday)== [[Battalion]] is relieved at 2:30pm by the Royal Scots (3rd Division); relief complete at 4:00pm. ~~===Western Front===~~ Battalion proceeds to Bethune to rest [[billet]]s. Germans reach Givet. French Army holds the line [[Aisne]]-La Vesle-[[Reims]]-[[Verdun]]. Battle of the Grande Couronne of [[Nancy]] (31 August–[[11 September]]) ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[East Prussia]]: Alexander Samsonov commits suicide during Russian rout; Paul von Rennenkampf forced to begin a retreat to the frontier. [[Galicia]]: Austrian line broken near [[Halicz]]. ==1917 (Friday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Battalion situated at Oost Dunkerque involved in training under [[Company]] Arrangements. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ *[[Working party\|Working parties]] take place at night. ~~{{reflist}}~~ <br/> <!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|244]]