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 ==1914==
+===Western Front===
-*Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener calls for 100,000 men to help expand the British Armies in a fight against a formidable enemy.
+*[[Belgium]]: Main army falls back towards the Dyle.
+*[[Alsace]]: French occupy [[Altkirch]] and [[Mülhausen]].
+===Naval and Overseas Operations===
+*[[Antivari (Montenegro)]] bombarded by Austrian fleet.
+*[[Togoland]] entered by combined French and British force.
+===Political===
+*[[Russia]]: [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar]] addresses the Duma.
+*[[Switzerland]] mobilises and proclaims state of siege.
+*[[USA]] offers its good services.
+==References/notes==
-==1916==
+{{Gleichen-123}}
-*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 [[trench]]es which they are to take over.<ref name="wdaug16" />
-==1917==
-*Battalion involved in training at Coxyde under [[Company]] Arrangements.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
-==1918==
-*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>
-==References / notes==
 {{reflist}}
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