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==1914== |
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===Western Front=== |
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*7 men are recruited at Cocklakes; 7 men are recruited at Ainstable.<ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref> |
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*[[Antwerp]] occupied by Germans. |
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*Newspaper advertisement: ''[[Men of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newspaper advert)]]''.<ref>Published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], 9 October, 1914.</ref> |
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*[[Düsseldorf]]: [[Zeppelin]] sheds raided by Allied airmen. |
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*[[East Prussia]]: End of Battle of Augustovo: Germans defeated. |
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*[[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> |
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*[[Poland]]: Austro-Germans approach [[Ivangorod]]: beginning of a twenty-days' struggle. |
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*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" /> |
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===Political=== |
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*Situated in the line during the day.<ref name="wdoct16" /> |
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*[[Italy]]: Cabinet crisis: resignation of General Grandi, Minister for War. |
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*Deaths: [[Septimus Norman (23952 Pte.)]].<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref> |
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==1917== |
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*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> |
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*Recreation in the afternoon.<ref name="wdoct17" /> |
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Revision as of 16:15, 24 January 2018
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 9 October.
For events that took place elsewhere, see our sister project The Great War On This Day
1914
Western Front
- Antwerp occupied by Germans.
- Düsseldorf: Zeppelin sheds raided by Allied airmen.
Eastern Front
- East Prussia: End of Battle of Augustovo: Germans defeated.
- Poland: Austro-Germans approach Ivangorod: beginning of a twenty-days' struggle.
Political
- Italy: Cabinet crisis: resignation of General Grandi, Minister for War.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)