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==1914==
*7 men are recruited at Cocklakes; 7 men are recruited at Ainstable.<ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
===Western Front===
*Newspaper advertisement: ''[[Men of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newspaper advert)]]''.<ref>Published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], 9 October, 1914.</ref>
*[[Antwerp]] occupied by Germans.
 
*[[Düsseldorf]]: [[Zeppelin]] sheds raided by Allied airmen.
===Eastern Front=1916==
*[[Battalion]] situated in the support line of the Cambrin Sector. [[Major]] Wallace G.S.O.s<ref>General Staff Officers.</ref> visits Battalion H.Q. during the afternoon.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref>
*[[East Prussia]]: End of Battle of Augustovo: Germans defeated.
*Battalion finds 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> for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdoct16" />
*[[Poland]]: Austro-Germans approach [[Ivangorod]]: beginning of a twenty-days' struggle.
*Situated in the line during the day.<ref name="wdoct16" />
===Political===
*Deaths: [[Septimus Norman (23952 Pte.)]].<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
*[[Italy]]: Cabinet crisis: resignation of General Grandi, Minister for War.
 
==1917==
*Battalion situated at Teteghem. Companies at disposal of Company Commanders for training. Specialist training carried out.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>
*Recreation in the afternoon.<ref name="wdoct17" />
 
==References / notes==
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