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==1914== |
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===Western Front=== |
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*[[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.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref> |
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*Rapid German advance towards the Coast: Germans occupy [[Lens]], [[Comines]], [[Poperinghe]], [[Bailleul]], etc. |
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*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).<ref name="wdoct16" /> |
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*[[Lille]] bombarded by Germans. |
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*Battalion cooperates with the rifle and machine gun; the enemy retaliates with a few minenwerfers<ref>A class of German short range mortars developed around 1908-1909, used extensively during the First World War.</ref> and oil cans. |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*[[Thomas Henry Linney (13313 L/Cpl.)]] transfers to the [[1st Border Regiment]]. |
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*[[Poland]]: Rapid Austro-German advance against Russian centre. |
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===Southern Front=== |
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*[[Bosnia]]: Serbians and Montenegrins driven back from the [[Sarajevo]] region. |
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===Political=== |
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*German Professors' manifesto issued. |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion holds the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged; one [[other ranks|other rank]] is wounded.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref> |
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