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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 8 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 8 January on The Great War wiki.

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1915 (Friday)

• Template:WF French carry Hill 132, north of Soissons, and capture Perthes (Champagne).
  • Germans retake Burnhaupt-le-Haut.

1916 (Saturday)

• Template:EF Severe fighting in Galicia.
• Template:SF Evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula completed; one casualty.
  • HMS King Edward VII sunk by striking a mine; crew saved.

References/notes

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)