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==1916 (Monday)== |
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*Noyelles: Battalion carrying parties for mines. |
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===Precursor to British Declaration of War=== |
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*Deaths: [[Thomas Smith Glasson (15430 L/Cpl.)]] |
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*Russia still complaisant, but as Austria is not responsive she announces her general mobilisation. |
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*Austria also announces general mobilisation. |
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*Germany declares Kriegsgefahrsustand,<ref>Meaning an imminient-danger-of-war situation.</ref> and tells Russia (definite threat not delivered till midnight) that she proposes to mobilise unless Russia stops all military measures within 12 hours.<ref>German ultimatum to Russia (midnight July 31 - [[1 August|August 1]]) that if within 12 hours she did not demobilise, Germany would mobilise. No answer being received, Germany declared war ("accepts the challenge") at 5 p.m., August 1.</ref> She also informs France of her intention towards Russia, and demands to know within 18 hours whether France will remain neutral.<ref>German ultimatum to France (July 31) demanding to know within 18 hours her attitude in the event of a Russo-German War.</ref><ref>In that case she would have demanded the temporary cession of Toul and Verdun. M. Viviani, however, merely replied that France would act according to her interests.</ref> |
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*France notifies her Ambassadors that Germany, whilst protesting peaceful intentions, has throughout by her dilatory or negative attitude caused all attempts at agreement to fail. |
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*[[Sir Edward Grey]] goes to the furthest possible limit in endeavouring to persuade Germany to assist him in squaring matters between Austria and Serbia. Asks France and Germany whether they intend to respect Belgian neutrality; France says, "certainly," Germany refuses to reply. British Cabinet not yet prepared to give France definite pledge of assistance. |
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*Financial crisis in London. Stock Exchange closed. |
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*Belgian mobilisation decreed for following day. |
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*M. Jaures (Socialist leader) assassinated in Paris. |
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*Mobilisation commenced in Turkey. |
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==1917 (Tuesday)== |
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==References/notes== |
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*Battalion training specialists during the day. Inspections etc. |
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==1918 (Wednesday)== |
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*Battalion proceeds by train at 10:30am from Romescamp to join the [[1/5th Border Regiment]]. |
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*'''<u>The Lonsdale Battalion is disbanded from today</u>'''. |
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 31 July.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 31 July on The Great War wiki.
1916 (Monday)
- Noyelles: Battalion carrying parties for mines.
- Deaths: Thomas Smith Glasson (15430 L/Cpl.)
1917 (Tuesday)
- Battalion training specialists during the day. Inspections etc.
1918 (Wednesday)
- Battalion proceeds by train at 10:30am from Romescamp to join the 1/5th Border Regiment.
- The Lonsdale Battalion is disbanded from today.
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Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the
Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (31 July), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.