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==1915 (Sunday)1916==
*[[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>
*Second Battle of Ypres: British retake [[Wieltje]]. They fail in an attack on [[Aubers Ridge]] ([[Neuve Chapelle]]).
*A draft of 50 [[other ranks]] join the Battalion.<ref name="wdmay16" />
*[[Allied]] Spring Offensive begins.
*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]]).
 
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