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==1915 (Thursday)== |
==1915 (Thursday)== |
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*British casualties on Western Front to this date approximately 104,000. |
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*[[Battalion]] strength: 22 officers, 35 [[sergeant]]s, 39 [[corporal]]s, 1207 [[other ranks]]; total 1303.<ref>{{lowther|recno=129}}</ref> |
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*Continued heavy fighting on [[Bzura (river)|Bzura]]-[[Ravka (river)|Ravka]] front; Russians cross Bzura and take positions near Dachova. |
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*Robert Irving (17572) enlists into E Company.<ref name="lowther135">{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref> |
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*Russians falling back in [[Bukovina]]. |
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*F. Allison (13890) is transferred from from {{D Company}} to {{A Company}}.<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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*The Winter Battle in Masuria ([[East Prussia]]) begins (see 22nd). |
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*A. Mattinson (13371) is discharged on medical grounds.<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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*Actions on the [[Suez Canal]] end (see [[3 February]]). Turkish forces retreat into Sinai. |
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*German attack on [[Kakamas]] (north-west Cape Colony) repulsed. |
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*German Government declare waters round the United Kingdom a "war region" as from [[18 February]].<ref>Quote from German declaration: "The waters around [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]]....are herewith proclaimed a war region. On and after [[18 February|February 18]], every enemy merchant vessel found in this region will be destroyed without its always being possible to warn the crew and passengers....Neutral ships will also incur danger in the war-region, since....it cannot be guaranteed that attacks intended for enemy ships will not affect neutral ships also. Vessels sailing to the north of the Shetlands, in the eastern part of the [[North Sea]], and in a zone at least 30 knots wide along the Netherlands coast, are not menaced by any danger."</ref> |
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==1916 (Friday)== |
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*The following newspaper articles are published:<ref> [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]</ref><br>''[[Lonsdales Bring in Their First Prisoners]]''<br>''[[Fit and Ready for Anything]]''<br>''[[A Smile for Everybody and Always Obliging]]'' |
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*Relief of the 17th Highland Light Infantry is postponed owing to a [[bombardment]] by [[Allied]] [[artillery]]. |
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==1917 (Sunday)== |
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*Battalion is situated at Lytham Camp near Beaussart where they practice drill for an attack to take place. |
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*Commanding Officer explains the general practice scheme to the officers. Practice ground is laid out to correspond to actual. |
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==1918 (Monday)== |
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*Boezinge: Situated at Bosinge Camp. Bathing is allotted for the remaining half of the men. |
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*Battalion moves forward into the line and relieves the 1st Dorset Regiment. |
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Latest revision as of 09:14, 6 May 2024
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 4 February.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 4 February on The Great War wiki.
1915 (Thursday)
1916 (Friday)
- The following newspaper articles are published:[3]
Lonsdales Bring in Their First Prisoners
Fit and Ready for Anything
A Smile for Everybody and Always Obliging - Relief of the 17th Highland Light Infantry is postponed owing to a bombardment by Allied artillery.
1917 (Sunday)
- Battalion is situated at Lytham Camp near Beaussart where they practice drill for an attack to take place.
- Commanding Officer explains the general practice scheme to the officers. Practice ground is laid out to correspond to actual.
1918 (Monday)
- Boezinge: Situated at Bosinge Camp. Bathing is allotted for the remaining half of the men.
- Battalion moves forward into the line and relieves the 1st Dorset Regiment.
References
Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the Lonsdale Battalion on this day... (hover to read more)
Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (4 February), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.