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==19141916==
*[[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>
===Western Front===
*Battalion proceeds to Bethune to rest [[billet]]s.<ref name="wdaug16" />
*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==
==References/notes==
*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>
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==References / notes==
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