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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Saturday)== Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener calls for 100,000 men to help expand the British Armies in a fight against a formidable enemy. ==1916 (Tuesday)== Battalion situated in the Cambrin Sector.~~<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>~~ Four Officers commanding the Battalions in the 96th Infantry Brigade visit Lonsdale Battalion H.Q. They called for the purpose of getting information of the ~~trenches~~[[trench]]es which they are to take over.~~<ref name="wdaug16" />~~ ==1917 (Wednesday)== Battalion involved in training at Coxyde under [[Company]] Arrangements.~~<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>~~ ==1918 (Thursday)== *The British [[~~Glossary:Fourth Army\|~~Fourth Army]] and the French Third Army attack the village of [[Albert (Somme)\|Albert]] with tanks under Sir Douglas Haig. The Germans are completely surprised as the [[Allies]] break through the lines taking thousands of prisoners and hundreds of guns.<ref name="odhams">{{Odhams\|pageno=4}}</ref> <br/> <!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}} ~~{{refs-table}}~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|221]]