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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1916~~1914== ===Western Front=== [[Battalion]] is relieved at 2:30pm by the Royal Scots (3rd Division); relief complete at 4:00pm.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref> Germans reach Givet. Battalion proceeds to Bethune to rest [[billet]]s.<ref name="wdaug16" /> 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]]. ==References / notes==▼ ~~==1917==~~ {{Gleichen-123}} Battalion situated at Oost Dunkerque involved in training under [[Company]] Arrangements; working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> at night.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref> ▲==References / notes== {{reflist}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|244]]

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