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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|July}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1915== {{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== {{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. Battalion withdraws to [[Crucifix Corner]] dug-out.<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref> {{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== {{WF}} German offensive on a front of 11 miles north of the Aisne repulsed with heavy loss. German attacks towards Verdun repulsed. British [[air-raid]] on Belgian towns. Battalion remains in the line. There is fairly heavy shelling of left [[trench\|communication trench]] and Pont Pastre, which is hit in two or three places. Remainder of day is quiet.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</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== {{WF}} French advance north of Aisne between Autrèches on east and Moulin sous Touvent on west; 1,000 prisoners. 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> {{EF}} Germans prepare to advance on Murman railway. New Provisional Government established at Vladivostok. ~~<br>~~ {{NO}} Retreat of Germans at Nhamacurra. ~~{{table-deaths~~ {{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). ~~\|1914={{clear}}~~ ~~\|1915={{clear}}~~ ~~\|1916={{clear}}~~ [[Sydney Caddy (13841 Pte.)\|Caddy, Sydney (13841 Pte.)]] [[Edmund Lawrence Dixon (15031 Pte.)\|Dixon, Edmund Lawrence (15031 Pte.)]] [[Howard Nicholson (13402 Pte.)\|Nicholson, Howard (13402 Pte.)]] [[James Dixon Nicholson (17488 Pte.)\|Nicholson, James Dixon (17488 Pte.)]] ~~\|1917={{clear}}~~ [[George Edward Bland (27346 Pte.)\|Bland, George Edward (27346 Pte.)]] ~~\|1918={{clear}}~~ }} ==References/notes== ~~{{refs-table}}~~ {{Gleichen-123}} {{reflist}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|185]]

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