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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|October}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Sunday)== Recruiting Office sends 9 attestation papers.<ref>{{lowther\|recno=12}}</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ Rapid German advance towards the Coast: Germans occupy [[Lens]], [[Comines]], [[Poperinghe]], [[Bailleul]], etc. ==1916 (Wednesday)== [[Lille]] bombarded by Germans. [[Battalion]] leaves Annezin for the front line [[trench]]es in the Cambrin Sector, relieving the 1st Dorsetshire Regiment (14th Brigade); relief commences at 11:30am and completes at 4:15pm. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ At 7:55pm, 8:44pm and 10:29pm a combined shoot of [[stokes mortar]]s, [[rifle\|rifle fire]] and [[machine gun]] fire is carried out by the 8th Division lasting for 5 minutes (each shoot). [[Poland]]: Rapid Austro-German advance against Russian centre. Battalion cooperates with the rifle and machine gun; the enemy retaliates with a few minenwerfers<ref group="note">A class of German short range mortars developed around 1908-1909, used extensively during the First World War.</ref> and oil cans. ~~===Southern Front===~~ [[Thomas Henry Linney (13313 L/Cpl.)]] transfers to the [[1st Border Regiment]]. [[Bosnia]]: Serbians and Montenegrins driven back from the [[Sarajevo]] region. ~~===Political===~~ ==1917 (Thursday)== German Professors' manifesto issued. Battalion holds the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged. One [[other ranks\|other rank]] is wounded. <br/> {{notes}}{{refs}}{{acks}} ~~==References/notes==~~ ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|278]]