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“Private John Bardgett Missing: Mrs Bardgett, Chapel Street, Appleby, has been notified that her Husband John Bardgett of the Border Regiment has been missing since 1 July. Before the war he was employed on the Midland Railway.” ^[1]

1917 (Thursday)

Battalion situated in the line experiences some troublesome 'Minnies'^[2]
2nd Lieut. Arthur Armer and three other ranks are killed.
Private Gilbert Radley (260256) dies, possibly as a result sickness.

References

↑ Published in the Carlisle Journal, 6 September 1916.
↑ "Minnies" is a slang term used by the Allied forces for a class of short range mortar called a Minenwerfer (mine launcher) used extensively during the First World War.

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Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (6 September), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.

[1] Published in the Carlisle Journal, 6 September 1916.

[2] "Minnies" is a slang term used by the Allied forces for a class of short range mortar called a Minenwerfer (mine launcher) used extensively during the First World War.

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+==1916 (Wednesday)==
-==1914==
+*{{quote-left}}[[Private]] John Bardgett Missing: Mrs Bardgett, Chapel Street, Appleby, has been notified that her Husband [[John Bardgett (15309 L/Cpl.)|John Bardgett]] of the [[Border Regiment]] has been missing since [[1 July]]. Before the war he was employed on the Midland Railway.{{quote-right}} <ref>Published in the [[Carlisle Journal]], 6 September 1916.</ref>
-===Western Front===
-*Battle of the [[Marne]] begins.<ref>Battle of the Marne: On [[5 September]], Joffre decided on counter-offensive, and on following day retirement turned into advance. Order of battle from East to West:-
-*'''[[Allies]]''': Army of [[Lorraine]] and 2nd Army (Castelnau and Dubail) beyond the Meuse; 3rd Army (Sarrail); 4th Army (bangle de Cary); Cavalry; 9th Army (Foch); 5th Army (Fauchet de l'Esperey); Conneau's Cavalry Corps; British Force (French); 6th Army (Maunoury). Total (W. of Meuse) about 47 infantry and 9 cavalry divisions.
-*'''Germans''': 6th Army (Cr. Prince Rupprecht) and 7th Army (v. Heeringen) beyond the Meuse; 5th Army (Crown Prince); 4th Army (Duke A. of Wurttem- berg); 3rd Army (v. Hausen); 2nd Army (v. Billow); ist Army (v. Kluck). Total (W. of Meuse) about 46 infantry and 7 cavalry divisions.
-The German right was swung back along the [[Ourcq]], and the French 6th Army, which conformed, attacked, as well as some of the Allied Forces, on the [[5 September]] Kluck's plan was to disregard British (who were believed disorganised), to move across their front and attack the left of the 5th Army; but being, during the next two days, tackled on his extreme right by the 6th Army, and the British unexpectedly attacking his forces moving against de l'Esperey's left, he found his right centre driven in, and began to fall back by the 8th. The German retreat was also largely caused by the 5th and 9th French Armies, after magnificent fighting (especially on the part of the latter at Fere Champenoise), penetrating the German centre on the [[9 September|9th]] and [[10 September]]. Further east desperate fighting took place, where violent attacks by the 4th and 5th German Armies were repulsed with some difficulty by the French. (East of the Meuse, Castelnau before [[Nancy]], and Dubail, after severe fighting, drove the enemy out of [[Lunéville]] and [[St. Die]].) By [[12 September]], the Germans (W. of the Meuse) had fallen back, pursued by the [[Allies]], to the strongly fortified line of the [[Aisne]].</ref> General offensive by French and British.
-*German advance also checked at [[Beauzec]], near [[Verdun]], and at [[Jezanville]], near [[Pont-à-Mousson]].
-*Germans reach [[Provins]], the most southerly point of their advance.
-===Eastern Front===
+==1917 (Thursday)==
+*[[Battalion]] situated in the line experiences some troublesome '[[Minnie]]s'<ref>"Minnies" is a slang term used by the [[Allied]] forces for a class of short range mortar called a Minenwerfer (mine launcher) used extensively during the First World War.</ref>
-*[[Poland]]: The centre of Dankl's (Austrian) army broken at [[Krasnostav]].
+*2nd Lieut. Arthur Armer and three [[other ranks]] are killed.
-*[[Galicia]]: Beginning of Battle of [[Grodek]] (south-west of [[Lemberg]]) (continued till [[12 September]]).
+*[[Private]] [[Gilbert Radley (260256)]] [[d.|dies]], possibly as a result sickness.
-===Southern Front===
+<br/>
-*Serbian Invasion of [[Syrmia]] begun: the Save crossed at Novoselo: [[Obres]] occupied: failure to take [[Mitrovitsa]].
+<!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}}
-===Naval and Overseas Operations===
-*[[Cameroons]]: British reverse near [[Nsanakong]].
-===Political===
-*[[Great Britain]]: The Admiralty announce organisation of a [[Royal Naval Division]].
-==References/notes==
-{{Gleichen-123}}
-{{reflist}}
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