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==19141916==
*The Corps Commander G.S.O.<ref>General Staff Officer.</ref> and C.R.E.<ref>Commanding Royal Engineers.</ref> of [[32nd Division]] visited Battalion H.Q. during morning.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - [[Liège]]: German infantry penetrate the city.
*At 2pm the Commanding Officer visited the right of the sub-sector (portion of line Battalion takes over).<ref name="wdaug16" />
** [[Alsace]] invaded by the French.
*In 'High Street' [[trench]], enemy [[trench mortar]]s are active; there is no retaliation from our guns.<ref name="wdaug16" />
** [[British Expeditionary Force]] begins to land in [[France]].
*At 8pm the engineers explode a mine in the left sub-sector, there is considerable [[artillery]] activity for about an hour.<ref name="wdaug16" />
*{{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]].
==19151917==
*Battalion involved in training at Coxyde under [[Company]] Arrangements.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - German attacks in [[Argonne]] and [[Vosges]] repulsed with heavy losses (estimated 4,000).
*Sea bathing in the afternoon.
*{{EF}} - Russians repulse Germans near [[Riga]].
** Enemy attacks [[Kovna]]; Russian retreat behind Jara.
** 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.
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