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==1915 (Thursday)==
*[[Battalion]] strength: 22 officers, 35 [[sergeant]]s, 39 [[corporal]]s, 1207 [[other ranks]]; total 1303.<ref>{{lowther|recno=129}}</ref>
*British casualties on Western Front to this date approximately 104,000.
*Robert Irving (17572) enlists into E Company.<ref name="lowther135">{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
*Continued heavy fighting on [[Bzura (river)|Bzura]]-[[Ravka (river)|Ravka]] front; Russians cross Bzura and take positions near Dachova.
*F. Allison (13890) is transferred from from {{D Company}} to {{A Company}}.<ref name="lowther135" />
*Russians falling back in [[Bukovina]].
*A. Mattinson (13371) is discharged on medical grounds.<ref name="lowther135" />
*The Winter Battle in Masuria ([[East Prussia]]) begins (see [[22 February]]).
*Actions on the [[Suez Canal]] end (see [[3 February]]). Turkish forces retreat into Sinai.
*German attack on [[Kakamas]] (north-west Cape Colony) repulsed.
*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>
 
==Notes1916 (Friday)==
*The following newspaper articles are published: ''[[Lonsdales Bring in Their First Prisoners]]'' / ''[[Fit and Ready for Anything]]'' / ''[[A Smile for Everybody and Always Obliging]]'' <ref> [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]</ref>
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*Relief of the 17th Highland Light Infantry by the Lonsdales is postponed owing to a [[bombardment]] by [[Allied]] [[artillery]].<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916]]</ref>
==References==
 
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==1917 (Sunday)==
==Acknowledgements==
*Battalion is situated at Lytham Camp near Beaussart where they practice drill for an attack to take place. The Commanding Officer explains the general practice scheme to the officers. Practice ground is laid out to correspond to actual. <ref name="wdfeb17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1917]]</ref>
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==1918 (Monday)==
*Battalion is situated at Boezinge (Bosinge Camp) where they have baths for the remaining half of the men.<ref name="wdfeb18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918]]</ref>
*Battalion moves forward into the line and relieves the 1st Dorset Regiment.<ref name="wdfeb18" />
 
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