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==1914==
===Events preceding British Declaration of War===
*[[Austria-Hungary]]: Council of Ministers, including Ministers for Foreign Affairs and War, Chief of General Staff and Naval Commander-in-Chief: Council lasts from 11.30 a.m. to 6.15 p.m.
==1915==
*{{EF}} - Von Mackensen held up near [[Krasnostav]].
*{{SF}} - Italians attack bridgehead at Gorizia and are repulsed. Despatches published from Sir Ian Hamilton dated [[20 May]], covering period [[13 March]]-[[5 May]].<ref>Sir Ian Hamilton after explaining the difficulties of the situation, describes the attempt by battleships to force the Narrows on [[18 March]], and the military landing on [[25 April]]. He gives a detailed account of the fighting (paying tribute to the gallantry of all [[troops]] concerned, the attempt to capture [[Krithia]], [[Achi Baba]], and the Turkish methods of attack.</ref>
==1916==
*Newspaper article: ''[[War Items - Colonel Machell Killed & Batch of Wounded]]''.<ref>''[[War Items - Colonel Machell Killed & Batch of Wounded]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 7 July 1916.</ref>
*{{WF}} - British again advance; portion of [[Leipzig Redoubt]] carried on Thiepval Plateau. Fighting at Ovillers and east of La Boiselle. Contalmaison won but not held.
*Newspaper article: ''[[Wounded Three Times - Ran with Bombs]]''.<ref>''[[Wounded Three Times - Ran with Bombs]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 7 July 1916.</ref>
*{{EF}} - Russians reach Manevichi station on Kovel-Sarni railway in northern Lutsk salient.
*Battalion reorganising into two companies in Contay Wood. Battalion strength is 11 officers and 480 other ranks.<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref>
*{{SF}} - Italians continue advance between Brenta and Adige; they carry two enemy positions north of Asiago.
*{{NO}} - In [[East Africa]] General Smuts occupies [[Tanga]], the terminus of Usambara railway.
*{{PO}} - Congratulatory message to [[troops]] from [[King George]].
==1917==
*Battalion situated at Nieuport. Slight shelling of our area up to 10am.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - French gain ground at Cerny (northern Aisne) and at [[Verdun]]. Big German aeroplane raid on [[London]], 57 killed, 193 injured; 11 enemy aeroplanes accounted for. British aeroplanes bomb Ghistelles (Belgium).
*Enemy aerial activity in early hours of morning.<ref name="wdjuly17" />
*{{AE}} - Despatches on winter operations in Egypt published.<ref>The despatches cover the operations in [[Egypt]] from [[1 October]], 1916, to [[28 February]], 1917, during which period Sinai was cleared of the Turks and the Egyptian force won the victories of Maghdaba and Rafa'a, and on the [[Western Front]] the Senussi were defeated were defeated near Siwa.</ref>
*Shelling slightly heavier during afternoon and evening with several casualties. About five 8" shells per minute. Night much quieter.<ref name="wdjuly17" />
*{{PO}} - French Government affirm their right of control in respect of army services. Chinese Emperor abdicates.
==1918==
*Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment (USA) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref>
*{{WF}} - Australian advance continued on each side of River Somme. German [[air-raid]] on ambulance park at La Panne (village behind Yser): 43 girls killed.
*{{EF}} - Czecho-Slovaks defeat Bolsheviks near Chita (east of Irkutsk).
*{{SF}} - Italians attack on Middle and Lower Vojusa (southern Albania).
*{{PO}} - Agreement between [[Great Britain]], [[USA]], [[France]] and Murman Council ''re'' Allied help.
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*Peace Treaty ratified by the German Government.
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*[[John Davidson (15344 L/Cpl.)|Davidson, John (15344 L/Cpl.)]]
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