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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1914~~1916 (Monday)== Cambrin Sector: The Corps Commander <small>(GSO)</small><ref group="note">General Staff Officer.</ref> and <small>(CRE)</small><ref group="note">Commander Royal Engineers.</ref> of the [[32nd Division]] visits Battalion H.Q. during the morning. {{WF}} - [[Liège]]: German infantry penetrate the city. Commanding Officer visits the portion of the line at 2pm (where the Battalion takes over). * [[Alsace]] invaded by the French. In 'High Street' [[trench]], enemy [[trench mortar]]s are active; there is no retaliation from our guns. * [[British Expeditionary Force]] begins to land in [[France]]. Engineers explode a mine at 8pm in the left sub-sector where there is considerable [[artillery]] activity for about an hour. {{EF}} - [[East Prussia]]: First Russian Army, under General Rennenkampf, crosses the frontier in force.<ref>General Rennenkampf's main army crosses the frontier at Suwalki, and commences the invasion of [[East Prussia]].</ref> {{SF}} - Bosnia is entered by the Serbians. {{PO}} - [[Germany]]: [[Kaiser]] issues [[proclamation]] to his people.<ref>The [[Kaiser]] issues [[proclamation]] to the German people stating that since the foundation of the Empire he and his ancestors had laboured for peace, but "in the midst or perfect peace, enemies surprise us. We shall resist to the last breath of man and horse."</ref> ** [[Great Britain]]: [[Prince of Wales]] inaugurates [[National Relief Fund]]. ==~~1915~~1917 (Tuesday)== Coxyde: Battalion involved in training under [[Company]] Arrangements. {{WF}} - German attacks in [[Argonne]] and [[Vosges]] repulsed with heavy losses (estimated 4,000). Sea bathing takes place in the afternoon. {{EF}} - Russians repulse Germans near [[Riga]]. <br/>  Enemy attacks [[Kovna]]; Russian retreat behind Jara. {{notes}}<!--{{refs}}-->{{acks}}  Enemy attacks with gas near [[Osovyets]].  Sierok (northern Georgievsk) occupied.  Enemy reaches Vistula near Pienkow. {{SF}} - [[Gallipoli]]: Very heavy fighting and losses; little progress; frightfully hot. * Italian [[artillery]] reaches Ercavallo Peak ([[Trentino]]). {{PO}} - [[Rumania]] mobilises 10 classes reservists. * [[National Relief Fund]] total £5,431,671 in one year. ~~==References/notes==~~ ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|220]]