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==1915==
*{{HF}} [[Aeroplane]] [[air raid]] on East Suffolk. There are no casualties.
*{{EF}} Russians leave Gnila Lipa for Zlota Lipa ([[Galicia]]).
*{{SF}} [[Dardanelles]]: Turks lose 5,159 k. and 15,000 prisoners in last five days.
*{{NO}} [[South Africa]]'s offer of volunteer contingent announced by [[General]] Smuts.
==1916==
*Battalion withdraws to [[Crucifix Corner]] [[dug-out]].<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - Fierce fighting continues; British capture La Boiselle and part of Ovillers. French capture Chapitre Wood, Feuillères, Buscourt, Flaucourt; also Assevillers to the South. Germans gain and lose Damloup work (Verdun). North of Ancre actions indecisive. 12,300 prisoners to date.
*Deaths: [[Sydney Caddy (13841 Pte.)]] / [[Edmund Lawrence Dixon (15031 Pte.)]] / [[Howard Nicholson (13402 Pte.)]] / [[James Dixon Nicholson (17488 Pte.)]]
*{{EF}} - Battle of Baranovichi continues south of Vilna. Russian sea-attack on German lines near Riga.
*{{SF}} - French [[air-raid]] on Sofia from Salonika.
*{{AE}} - Russians again resume offensive in Armenia, west of Erzerum.
*{{NO}} - British advance in [[East Africa]], in region between Lake Tanganyika and Victoria Nyanza.
*{{PO}} - Report of Royal Commission on the causes of the Irish Rebellion issued. Russo-Japanese treaty ''re'' the Far East signed.
==1917==
*Battalion remains in the line. There is fairly heavy [[shell]]ing of left [[trench|communication trench]] and Pont Pastre, which is hit in two or three places. Remainder of the day is quiet.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - German offensive on a front of 11 miles north of the [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]] repulsed with heavy loss. German attacks towards [[Verdun]] repulsed. British [[air-raid]] on Belgian towns.
*Deaths: [[George Edward Bland (27346 Pte.)]] / [[James McEvoy (20170)]] <ref group="note">[[James McEvoy (20170)|James McEvoy]] was 29 years old when he [[died of wounds]] in the UK. He is buried at {{CWGC link|id=40414|name=Moston (St Joseph) Roman Catholic Cemetery}}.</ref>
*{{EF}} - Russian attack of [[Brzezany]] ([[Galicia]]) fails. [[Artillery]] activity growing in the Stokhod area (Volhynia).
*{{PO}} - Riots in Amsterdam. Statement in House of Lords by Lord Hardinge (Ex-Viceroy of India) on report of [[Mesopotamia]] Commission.
==1918==
*Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment (USA) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - French advance north of [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]] between Autrèches on east and Moulin sous Touvent on west; 1,000 prisoners.
*{{EF}} - Germans prepare to advance on Murman railway. New Provisional Government established at Vladivostok.
*{{NO}} - Retreat of Germans at Nhamacurra.
*{{PO}} - Proclamation of Sinn Fein as dangerous organisation. Death of Lord Rhondda (British Food Controller). Death of Mohammed V., Sultan of [[Turkey]]; succeeded by Mohammed VI (Vahid-ed-Din).
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