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==19141916==
*Battalion leaves Noyelle for support [[trench]]es in the Cambrin Sector, arriving at 5:15pm where they relieve the 1st Sherwood Foresters.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - [[Liège]]: Fort Fléron silenced.
*Battalion Headquarters is situated at 'Maison Rouge.' Strength in the trenches totals 20 officers (including medical officer) and 280 [[other ranks]].<ref name="wdaug16" />
*{{NO}} - {{SS|Königin Luise}}, German mine-layer, destroyed. {{SMS|Goeben}} and {{SMS|Breslau}} reach Messina.<ref>The {{SMS|Breslau}} is chased into Messina Harbour by British cruisers. Owing to misunderstanding she escapes with the {{SMS|Goeben}} on [[6 August]].</ref>
*Hostile observation balloons are taken down.<ref name="wdaug16" />
*{{PO}} - [[Austria-Hungary]] declares war on [[Russia]].
*Commanding Officer visits 'Sims Keep' and 'Arthur's Keep' and finds all correct.<ref name="wdaug16" />
**&nbsp;[[Great Britain]] mobilises.
*Deaths: [[Miles Capstick (15584 Pte.)]] / [[Desmond John McMahon (26051)]]<ref group="note">[[Desmond John McMahon (26051)]] died in the UK and is buried at {{CWGC link|id=2078115|name=Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery}}.</ref>
**&nbsp;[[Lord Kitchener]] is made War Secretary.
==19151917==▼
*Battalion involved in training at Coxyde under [[company]] arrangements.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
*Deaths: [[James Blair (15483 L/Cpl.)]]
 
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▲==1915==
*{{WF}} - Heavy fighting in the [[Vosges]] and at [[Hill 213]] ([[Argonne]]).
*{{EF}} - Capture of [[Ivangorod]] by Austrians. Germans enter [[Warsaw]].
*{{SF}} - Italian airship captured at [[Pola]]. Progress on the Carso by Italians.
**&nbsp;General Sarrail succeeds General Gouraud as Commander in Chief in Near East.
*{{AE}} - Russians capture Turkish positions near [[Olti]] and [[Sarikamish]] ([[Transcaucasia]]) and repel counter-attacks.
*{{PO}} - Strike in Belgian coal district.
**&nbsp;Germans fire on strikers.
**&nbsp;Russian Ministry of Munitions proposed.
**&nbsp;Duma votes 35 million roubles for refugees.
 
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[[Category:August events|05]]
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