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==1914== |
==1914== |
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*Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener calls for 100,000 men to help expand the British Armies in a fight against a formidable enemy. |
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*{{WF}} - [[Belgium]]: Main army falls back towards the Dyle. |
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** [[Alsace]]: French occupy [[Altkirch]] and [[Mülhausen]]. |
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*{{NO}} - [[Antivari (Montenegro)]] [[bombarded]] by Austrian fleet. |
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** [[Togoland]] entered by combined French and British force. |
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*{{PO}} - [[Russia]]: [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar]] addresses the Duma. |
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** [[Switzerland]] mobilises and proclaims state of siege. |
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** [[USA]] offers its good services. |
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==1916== |
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*Battalion situated in the Cambrin Sector.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref> |
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*{{EF}} - Germans attack [[Kovna]], repulsed with heavy losses. [[Novo Georgievsk]] cut off in the east. Praga ([[Warsaw]]) is occupied. Mackensen forces Russians back across the [[Wieprz|Veprj]]. |
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*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 [[trench]]es which they are to take over.<ref name="wdaug16" /> |
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*{{SF}} - [[Monfalcone]] dockyard (northern [[Adriatic]]) bombed. |
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** Night raid by Austrians into Italian positions in [[Trentino]]. |
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** British attack on Anafarta ([[Gallipoli]]) repulsed. |
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*{{AE}} - [[Bushire]] (Persian Gulf) occupied by British as reprisal for two officers killed there on [[12 July]]. |
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*{{NO}} - German Fleet attacks Riga and is repulsed. |
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** {{HMS|Ramsay}} sunk by German steamer ''Meteor'' (blown up to avoid capture). {{HMS|India}}, auxiliary cruiser, torpedoed off Norway. |
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*{{PO}} - German unsuccessful peace tentatives to [[Russia]] through [[Denmark]]. |
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** Naval General Service Medal instituted. |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion involved in training at Coxyde under [[Company]] Arrangements.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref> |
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==1918== |
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*The British [[Fourth Army]] and the French Third Army attack the village of [[Albert (place)|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> |
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