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*Letter from the [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Earl of Lonsdale]] regarding the proposed move to Grantham: {{quote-left}}Obviously, I have no wish to express any opinion as to where the Battalion is sent, and I entirely agree with anything that [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Colonel Machell]] desires, my one object being to further the interest of the Regiment, and am only anxious to agree with whatever he wishes.{{quote-right}} <ref name="lowther116">{{lowther|recno=116}}</ref> |
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*French make progress south of [[St. Mihiel]] ([[Meuse]]) and in the [[Woevre]] district. |
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*Lieut. Hodgkinson writes report on Belton Park Camp, Grantham, in preparation for the move.<ref name="lowther116" /> |
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*Germans take [[Driegrachten]]. |
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*Russian hospital [[bombardment|bombed]] at [[Radom]] ([[Poland]]). |
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*Russians occupy Cisna and reach Sztropko ([[Carpathians]]). |
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*Fierce battle at Okna (nezr [[Czernowitz]]). |
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*Russians defeat Turks at [[Olty]] ([[Armenia]]). |
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*{{SMS|Goeben}} and {{SMS|Breslau}} withdraw to [[Bosporus]]. |
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*[[Greece]]: Publication of a further memorandum by M. Venizelos, dated [[30 January]] 1915, on Greek foreign policy.<ref group="note">Venizelos explained the reason for the overture to [[Bulgaria]] and of its abandonment; the offer of the [[Triple Entente|Entente]] to send a [[division]] to Macedonia not regarded by Greek general staff as enabling Greece to go to help [[Serbia]].</ref> |
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*[[Battalion]] is relieved by the 10th York and Lancaster Regiment, returning to [[billet|billets]] in Senlis.<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, April 1916]]</ref> |
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*Deaths: [[George Crozie (30155 Pte.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:07, 5 June 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 4 April.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 4 April on The Great War wiki.
1915
- Letter from the Earl of Lonsdale regarding the proposed move to Grantham: “Obviously, I have no wish to express any opinion as to where the Battalion is sent, and I entirely agree with anything that Colonel Machell desires, my one object being to further the interest of the Regiment, and am only anxious to agree with whatever he wishes.” [1]
- Lieut. Hodgkinson writes report on Belton Park Camp, Grantham, in preparation for the move.[1]
1916
1917
- Deaths: George Crozie (30155 Pte.)[3]
References / notes
Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.