4 November

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November

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 4 November.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 4 November on The Great War wiki.


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1914

Western Front

Eastern Front

  • Galicia: Austrians defeated at Jaroslau; loss of 19,000 prisoners and 40 guns in twelve days.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Naval and Overseas Operations

Political

References/notes

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)

  1. Tanga, German port on the Moschi Railway (East Africa), attacked unsuccessfully by an Indian Expeditionary Force with one British battalion. 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 101st Grenadiers, I.A., and 1st Kashmir Rifles suffered heavily during the engagement in the town, and forced to retreat to the coast and re-embark. Casualties nearly 800, including 141 British officers and men. Germans displayed great cunning in defence of the town, also employing native ruses de guerre.