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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|May}}{{Date-introtext}}~~__NOTOC__~~</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1916~~1915 (Sunday)== Second Battle of Ypres: British retake [[Wieltje]]. They fail in an attack on [[Aubers Ridge]] ([[Neuve Chapelle]]). [[Battalion]] in isolation camp at Contay Wood (measles) involved in [[Division]]al and [[Brigade]] manoeuvres, training and small working parties.<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref><ref>Training continues during the whole period of isolation.</ref><ref name="wdmay16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, May 1916]]</ref> [[Allied]] Spring Offensive begins. A draft of 50 [[other ranks]] join the Battalion.<ref name="wdmay16" /> Second Battle of Artois begins (see [[18 June]]). The leading division of the British [[New Army\|New Armies]] leaves England for [[France]] (see [[21 August]] 1914 and [[24 February]] 1915). Germans defeated at Krakinow (Baltic Provinces). President Wilson, in a speech, defines [[United States]] policy in regard to the {{RMS\|Lusitania}} outrage (see [[7 May]]). *Chinese Government yield to Japanese demands (see [[7 May\|7]] and [[25 May]]). ==Notes== ==References / notes==▼ <references group="note"/> ~~<small>{{lowther copyright}}</small>~~ ▲==References ~~/ notes~~== {{reflist}} ==Acknowledgements== ~~<!--{{refs-lowther}}-->~~ {{acknowledgements}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|130]]

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