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==1915 (Monday)==
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*Belgians repulsed at [[Driegrachten]].
*[[Battalion]] Order: In the afternoon baggage will be packed & barracks & lines cleaned under [[Company]] arrangements.<ref name="lowther135">{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
*French make progress east of [[Verdun]], but are repulsed in the [[Argonne]].
*Battalion Order: [[NCO]]’s & men who are unfit to march with their Companies on Wednesday ([[7 April]]) but who are pronounced by the Medical Officer fit to proceed to Grantham, will be marched to the Station & entrained in a separate Compartment.<ref name="lowther135" />
*Russians make further progress in the [[Carpathians]].
*Union forces occupy [[Kalkfontein]] and Kamus (German south-west Africa).
*United States demands £46,000 for the sinking of ''William P. Frye''.
*[[King George V]] prohibits use of alcoholic drinks in any of the royal households.
*Mr. John Redmond addresses the National Volunteer Convention at [[Dublin]].
 
==1916 (Wednesday)==
==Notes==
*Senlis: Situated in [[billet|billets]], resting and cleaning up.
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==References==
==1917 (Thursday)==
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*Battalion remains in Savy. [[Working parties]] also during night.
==Acknowledgements==
 
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==1918 (Friday)==
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*Purple Line: Wet, miserable day with the [[trench]]es in bad condition.
*Shelling of the valley. Wiring by night.
*Deaths: [[Thomas William Brakewell (24694 Pte.)]] is [[killed in action]], aged 23.
 
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