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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|October}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Tuesday)== Three men are recruited at Aikton.<ref name="lowther279">{{lowther\|recno=279}}</ref> ~~===Western Front===~~ Enlistments: [[William David Nash (13633 Pte.)]] [[Arras]] heavily bombarded by the Germans. [[Battalion]] Orders include "NOTICE: Smoking in the Rooms is strictly forbidden and any man caught will be severely punished." <ref>{{lowther\|recno=137}}</ref> British [[troops]] disembark at [[Ostend]] and [[Zeebrugge]]. Letter from [[Major]] [[William Walter Riddell Binning\|Binning]] to G.D. Oliver [architect]: "....receipt of supply of Cigarettes and Tobacco for the men here...." <ref>{{lowther\|recno=46}}</ref> [[Antwerp]]: Germans capture [[Lierre]]. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[Poland]] and [[Galicia]]: Russians fall back along the whole front in face of German advance. ==1915 (Wednesday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Letter form General Sitwell to Lonsdale: "... I was greatly impressed with the excellence of the Race Course Camp at Carlisle, both in facilities for training and in comfort for the men, the latter largely due to great generosity on your part ..." [279] ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ 126 men on 5 days’ leave.<ref name="lowther145">{{lowther\|recno=145}}</ref> ~~{{reflist}}~~ Seven men are posted to the Divisional Cyclist Company.<ref name="lowther145/> ==1916 (Friday)== Battalion situated in the Cambrin Sector. The day is comparatively quiet. The Commanding Officer visits the front line [[trench]]es during morning. At 11:45am a [[bombardment]] of the enemy [[trench]]es is carried out by [[stokes mortar\|Stokes]] and 2 [[trench mortar]]s. Enemy's trenches are considerably damaged. There is no retaliation. ==1917 (Saturday)== The [[Lonsdales]] march to Adinkerke, then proceeds to Rosendael by barge and finally by route march to Teteghem; arrives about 8pm. <br/> <!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|280]]