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===Western Front=== |
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*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> |
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*[[Liége]]: Fort Fléron silenced. |
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*Battalion HQ situated at 'Maison Rouge.' Strength in the trenches totals 20 officers (including MO) and 280 [[other ranks]].<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*At 6pm hostile observation balloons are taken down.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*SS ''[[Königin Luise]]'', German mine-layer, destroyed. SMS ''[[SMS Goeben|Goeben]]'' and SMS ''[[SMS Breslau|Breslau]]'' reach Messina.<ref>The ''[[SMS Breslau|Breslau]]'' is chased into Messina Harbour by British cruisers. Owing to misunderstanding she escapes with the ''[[SMS Goeben|Goeben]]'' on [[6 August]].</ref> |
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*The Commanding Officer visits 'Sims Keep' and 'Arthur's Keep' and finds all correct.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*Deaths: [[Miles Capstick (15584 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Austria-Hungary]] declares war on [[Russia]]. |
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*Battalion involved in training at Coxyde under Company arrangements.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref> |
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*[[Great Britain]] mobilises. |
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*Deaths: [[James Blair (15483 L/Cpl.)]] |
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*[[Lord Kitchener]] is made War Secretary. |
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Revision as of 17:54, 4 January 2018
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 5 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 5 August on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Liége: Fort Fléron silenced.
- SS Königin Luise, German mine-layer, destroyed. SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau reach Messina.[1]
Political
- Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
- Great Britain mobilises.
- Lord Kitchener is made War Secretary.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)