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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|September\|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Tuesday)== Enlistments: [[Leonard Close (13462 Pte.)]] ~~===Western Front===~~ [[Battle of the Marne]] (continued). Germans forced back over the river. [[General Foch]]'s decisive move. [[Nancy]] vainly attacked. [[Troyon]] bombarded. ~~===Eastern Front===~~ [[Galicia]]: Fierce battle round [[Rava-Ruska]]. [[Mikolajow]] ([[Carpathians]]) captured by Brusilov's army. ==1916 (Friday)== ~~===Naval and Overseas Operations===~~ Battalion leaves Bethune for Quesnoy to take up a reserve position in the Cuinchy Sector. The ''[[HMS Oceanic\|Oceanic]]'' wrecked off north coast of Scotland. Relief commences at 1:30am and completes by 2:15am. ~~===Political===~~ [[Mr. Lloyd George]]: Speech on the need for economy.<ref>"Silver Bullet" speech at Local Government Board to Deputation from the Association of Municipal Corporations. Points out necessity for curtailing expenditure and foretells heavy outgoings.</ref> ==1917 (Saturday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Battalion situated in the front line experiences some [[gw:Shell (projectile)\|shelling]] on the Left Company Front. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ Two {{gw\|other ranks}} are killed and three wounded. ~~{{reflist}}~~ Operation Orders are received from {{gw\|Brigade}}. <!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|252]]