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==19171914==
===Western Front===
*The [[Lonsdales]] relieve the 17th Highland Light Infantry in Left Sub-sector St. George's Sector at Ooste-Dunkerque; first [[company]] marches off at 8:30pm. Relief completes at midnight.<ref name="wdsep17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, September 1917]]</ref>
*Germans reach and begin to cross the [[Marne]]: they occupy line Ville sur Tourbe-River Suippe-Chateau Thierry.
*Disposition of the Battalion as follows:-
*Germans evacuate [[Lille]].
:'A' Company on the right;
===Eastern Front===
:'B' Company on the left;
*[[Lemberg]], capital of [[Galicia]], occupied by the Russians, who capture much booty.
:'C' Company in support (garrisoning 2 farms on the polders);
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
:'D' Company in [[Brigade]] Reserve, acting as carrying parties for the front line comapnies.
*HMS ''[[HMS Speedy|Speedy]]'' destroyed by a mine.
===Political===
*Rome: election of Pope Benedict XV.
*[[Albania]]: Prince Wilhelm of Wied leaves.
 
==References / notes==
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