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==19141916==
*Battalion 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> are relieved by the 25th Infantry Brigade at 12:30pm from the Hohenzollern Redoubt and Hairpin Mines; they proceed to Noyelle for rest.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>
===Events preceding British Declaration of War===
*At 1:30pm a party of 4 officers and 110 other ranks proceeds to Annequin to form working parties for the 2nd Manchester Regiment.<ref name="wdaug16" />
*Belgian answer to German Note, refusing demands, 7 a.m. King of Belgians appeals to [[King George]] for diplomatic intervention to safeguard Belgian integrity.
*[[Lunéville]] bombed by German airmen.
*Skirmish between outposts near [[Libau]].
*[[Grand Duke Nicholas]] proclaimed Generalissimo of the Russian forces.
*German reports - proved untrue - as to French officers in [[Belgium]] and French aviators over Karlsruhe, Nürnberg, etc.
*[[Germany]] declares war on [[France]].
*Order for British mobilisation.
*[[Sir Edward Grey]] speaks in House of Commons.<ref>[[Sir Edward Grey]] announces in Parliament the attitude which the Government had adopted towards the European crisis and the active steps taken. Assurance had been given to [[France]] of the protection of our Fleet should the German Fleet attack the French Coast of the French shipping; no engagement had as yet been made to send an expeditionary force out of the country. [[Germany]] was prepared if we would pledge ourselves to neutrality to agree that her fleet would not attack the norther coast of France. "This is too narrow an engagement for us; we cannot issue a declaration of unconditional neutrality."</ref>
==19151917==
*Battalion situated at Coxyde continues indoor work and lectures due to continuation of heavy rain.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - German night attacks in [[Argonne]] repulsed.
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*{{EF}} - Russians retire north of Lomja; Germans cross [[Narev (river)|Narev]]. Mackensen victorious near [[Kholm]].
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*{{AE}} - Turks claim [[Alashgerd]] ([[Armenia]]) retaken from Russians.
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*{{NO}} - French battleships [[bombard]] Sighadjik ([[Smyrna]]). Russians sink number small vessels in raid on Anatolian coast.
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*{{PO}} - Reply of [[Triple Entente|Entente Powers]] to Bulgarian Note of [[14 June]] (text secret). Parliamentary control for French army established.
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==References/notes==
*[[Albert Benjamin Lewis (27867 Pte.)|Lewis, Albert Benjamin (27867 Pte.)]]
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