7 March: Difference between revisions

Ostend bombed by six British aviators.
Russians pursue retreating Germans in Augustovo Woods (northern Poland).
Heavy fighting at Osovyets.
Further Austrian attacks repulsed at Baligrod (Carpathians).
Dardanelles: HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Ocean and HMS Agamemnon continue bombardment from Gulf of Saros. Fort Dardanos batteries silenced.
Several coast batteries silenced at Smyrna.
Greek Government request explanation of British occupation of Lemnos (see 9 March and 23 February).

Notes

References

Acknowledgements

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 (7 March), 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 Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate.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.

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-==1916==
+==1915 (Sunday)==
+*[[Ostend]] bombed by six British aviators.
-*[[Battalion]] at the front in the E1 sector near Hénencourt.<ref name="wdmarch16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref>
+*Russians pursue retreating Germans in [[Augustovo]] Woods (northern [[Poland]]).
-*[[Trench|Trenches]] improving after bad weather. Small shelter in support line blown in burying three men.<ref name="wdmarch16" />
+*Heavy fighting at [[Osovyets]].
-*Casualties: One [[Shell Shock|shell shock]], two killed (4 [[NCO]]'s killed). One NCO wounded by piece of an H.E.<ref>High Explosive is an extremely powerful chemical explosive similar to TNT, combusting violently and instantaneously and causing widespread damage.</ref> shell.<ref name="wdmarch16" />
+*Further Austrian attacks repulsed at [[Baligrod]] ([[Carpathians]]).
-*Deaths: [[John Cherry (13681 L/Cpl.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[James Elliott (15335 Pte.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
+*[[Dardanelles]]: {{HMS|Queen Elizabeth}}, {{HMS|Ocean}} and {{HMS|Agamemnon}} continue [[bombardment]] from Gulf of Saros.  Fort Dardanos [[batteries]] silenced.
+*Several coast batteries silenced at [[Smyrna]].
+*Greek Government request explanation of British occupation of [[Lemnos]] (see [[9 March]] and [[23 February]]).
-==1917==
+==Notes==
+<references group="note"/>
-*Battalion situated opposite Fouquescourt in the front line system. Patrols are sent out and clearing of trenches carries on.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref>
+==References==
-==1918==
-*Battalion situated in the line near Charpentier. [[Artillery]] active in 'Ajax Ho', 'Suez' and 'Veldhoek' trenches.
-*The Lonsdales are relieved at night by the 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Relief is complete 11p.m. The men move into 'Abri Wood' in Brigade Reserve.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref>
-==References / notes==
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+==Acknowledgements==
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