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Acknowledgements

Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown in July have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (see links above).

Other sources include Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther from 2016. They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate.

All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.

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-==1914==
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-===Events preceding British Declaration of War===
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-*Announcement that the [[Kaiser]] will not attend [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand]]'s funeral.
-====[[4 July]]====
-*[[Austria-Hungary]]: Funeral of the [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand|Archduke]] at Artstetten (50 miles west of Vienna).
+====See also====
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+*[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]
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+*[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]
+*[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]
+====Acknowledgements====
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-====[[1 July]]====
-*{{EF}} Germans (Mackensen) occupy Zamosc (near Upper Bug). Germans (Linsingen) cross Gnila Lipa south of Rohatyn (Galicia). Russians evacuate bridgehead near Tarlov (Vistula).
-*{{NO}} Leyland liner ''Armenia'' torpedoed off Cornish coast. Otavi (south-west Africa) occupied by General Botha. HMS ''Lightning'' damaged by mine or torpedo.
-*{{PO}} British Commission on trade with Sweden arrives Stockholm. Total German casualties to date, reckoned at 1,700,000, of which 306,000 killed, and 500,000 permanently disabled.
-====[[2 July]]====
-*{{WF}} German success near Four de Paris (Argonne); severe fighting; enemy repulsed near Blanleuil.
-*{{EF}} Austrians (Archduke Josef Ferdinand) occupy Krasnik; heavy Austro-Russian engagements between Vistula and Bug.
-*{{SF}} Great '''battle for Carso Plateau begins'''. Italians nearing Tolmino (Jul.).
-*{{NO}} German cruiser ''Pommern'' sunk by British submarine in Danzig Bay. Russian warships sink the ''Albatross'' off Gothland.
-*{{PO}} Munitions Bill sent to House of Lords after third reading.
-====[[3 July]]====
-*{{EF}} Russians leave Gnila Lipa for Zlota Lipa (Galicia).
-*{{SF}} [[Dardanelles]]: Turks lose 5,159 k. and 15,000 prisoners in last five days.
-*{{NO}} South Africa's offer of volunteer contingent announced by [[General]] Smuts.
-====[[4 July]]====
-*{{WF}} Battle of the Argonne dies down; Crown Prince fails to break the French line.
-*{{EF}} Austro-Germans reach the Zlota Lipa.
-*{{SF}} Heavy attack by Turks against Naval and 29th Divisions repulsed (Gallipoli).
-{{spcr}}Serbians enter Durazzo (Albania).
-*{{AE}} Lahej (near Aden) attacked by Turks.
-*{{NO}} ''Königsberg'' (cruiser) partially destroyed by monitors in Rufiji river (German East Africa).
-{{spcr}}French liner ''Carthage'' torpedoed and sunk off [[Cape Helles]].
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-====[[1 July]]====
-*{{WF}} Great Franco-British offensive begins on 25-mile front north and south of Somme. British capture Montauban and Mametz; break through towards Bapaume. French attack towards Peronne; reach outskirts of Hardecourt and Curlu; take Dompierre, Becquincourt, Bussus, and Fay. 5,000 prisoners taken.
-*{{EF}} River Pruth Russians advance north-west of Kolomea. Austro-Germans progress north-west of Tarnopol.
-*{{SF}} Vigorous Italian attacks continued north of upper Isonzo.
-*{{AE}} In Persia the Turks defeat Russians; pursue them to Kermanshah.
-====[[2 July]]====
-*{{WF}} British capture Fricourt; relinquish captured trenches at Gommecourt.  French take Curlu, Frise, Bois de Méreaucourt and Herbécourt.
-*{{EF}} Russians take offensive at Smorgon and Baranovichi, and penetrate German lines. Germans continue advance on Lutsk salient. South of Dniester they regain Tlumacz.
-*{{SF}} Skirmishes near Salonika; [[artillery]] duels on lower bank of Vardar. Heavy artillery fire and sharp infantry attacks in Trentino and Carso.
-*{{AE}} Turks take Kermanshah; Russians driven east on road to Hamadan.
-====[[3 July]]====
-*{{WF}} Fierce fighting continues; British capture La Boiselle and part of Ovillers.  French capture Chapitre Wood, Feuillères, Buscourt, Flaucourt; also Assevillers to the South. Germans gain and lose Damloup work (Verdun). North of Ancre actions indecisive. 12,300 prisoners to date.
-*{{EF}} Battle of Baranovichi continues south of Vilna. Russian sea-attack on German lines near Riga.
-*{{SF}} French [[air-raid]] on Sofia from Salonika.
-*{{AE}} Russians again resume offensive in Armenia, west of Erzerum.
-*{{NO}} British advance in East Africa, in region between Lake Tanganyika and Victoria Nyanza.
-*{{PO}} Report of Royal Commission on the causes of the Irish Rebellion issued. Russo-Japanese treaty ''re'' the Far East signed.
-====[[4 July]]====
-*{{WF}} Heavy thunderstorms impede operations. British take Bernafay Wood, east of Montauban; make air attacks on Comines, Combles, St. Quentin.
-{{spcr}}French capture Estrées, Belloy-en-Santerre, and Sormont Farm: advance from Curlu towards Hem.
-{{spcr}}Germans regain Thiaumont (Verdun).
-*{{EF}} '''Second Great Russian advance in the Ukraine''' under General Lesch; they cross Styr at Kolki and Rafalovka and drive the Austrians towards the Stokhod.  Further south they cut Carpathian railway at Mikolichin.
-*{{SF}} Italians continue to advance in Trentino.
-*{{NO}} The ''Goeben'' and ''Breslau'' bombard Russian ports in Black Sea.
-*{{PO}} Ignatius Tribitch Lincoln, ex-M.P., sentenced to three years penal servitude for forgery.
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-====[[1 July]]====
-*{{WF}} Violent bombardment, followed by German attacks in Cerny-Ailles sector (northern Aisne); enemy losses heavy. Successful French counter-attack north-west of Verdun.
-*{{EF}} Russian offensive, under General Brusilov, opens on 50-mile front, on either side of Brzezany (Galicia); three lines of trenches and 12,000 prisoners taken.  To the south stubborn fighting, heavy Russian losses.
-*{{SF}} Austrians very active in the Trentino.  Attacks repulsed by Italians.
-*{{PO}} Announcement in Holland of assurance by Lord Derby that Britain will not strike at Germany through Holland if she remains neutral. Young Chinese Emperor, Hsuan Tung, restored.
-====[[2 July]]====
-*{{WF}} British aeroplanes bomb Bruges. British advanced posts driven back short distance from Lens. German attacks repulsed north of the Aisne.
-*{{EF}} Russian offensive progresses in the region of Zborow (east of Lemberg); 6,300 prisoners taken.
-*{{PO}} King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation.
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-*{{WF}} German offensive on a front of 11 miles north of the [[Aisne]] repulsed with heavy loss. German attacks towards Verdun repulsed. British [[air-raid]] on Belgian towns.
-*{{EF}} Russian attack of Brzezany (Galicia) fails. [[Artillery]] activity growing in the Stokhod area (Volhynia).
-*{{PO}} Riots in Amsterdam. Statement in House of Lords by Lord Hardinge (Ex-Viceroy of India) on report of [[Mesopotamia]] Commission.
-====[[4 July]]====
-*{{WF}} Aeroplane raid on Harwich (17 killed, 30 injured).
-*{{AE}} Turkish cavalry reconnaissance from Beersheba (Palestine); shelled and forced to retreat.
-*{{NO}} German submarine attack in force on U.S. transports defeated.
-{{spcr}}Issue of report on operations in East Africa.<ref>The chief fighting is reported from the coast district south of Kilwa and in the region between Lake Nyassa and the Central Railway. The main German force is retreating south. In the south German forces marching across Portuguese territory reached the British border east of Lake Nyassa, but were driven back by British and Portuguese columns from the south.</ref>
-{{spcr}}British mine-sweeper sunk in Mediterranean.
-{{spcr}}Ponta Delgada (Azores) [[shell]]ed by enemy submarine.
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-====[[1 July]]====
-*{{WF}} French capture St. Pierre Aigle (village north-west of Forest of Villers-Cotterets). Americans capture Vaux (west of Château-Thierry). British air raids on Mannheim, Coblenz, Thionville and Trèves.
-*{{SF}} Italians gain positions in north-west of Monte Grappa.
-*{{NO}} U.S. transport "Corrington" torpedoed and sunk, 6 lost. Five British aeroplanes bomb Austrian base at Cattaro. Portuguese East Africa: Germans under Lettow-Vorbeck fight British and Portuguese at Nhamacurra (26 miles north of Quilimane).
-*{{PO}} Appointment of five M.P.'s to investigate Alien question and to advise action to be taken. Publication of Mr. [[Lloyd George]]'s reply to deputation of Federalists.<ref>Mr. [[Lloyd George]] replied to Federalist Deputation that Federalism was a rational solution to the Home Rule problem. No Change possible during war without general assent. This not yet given.</ref> Serious explosion at shell factory in Midlands, 100 killed, 150 injured.
-====[[2 July]]====
-*{{WF}} Germans re-capture ground north-west of [[Albert (place)|Albert]]. French advance north of River [[Aisne]] near Moulin sous Touvent (north-west of Soissons). 1,019,115 U.S. [[troops]] embarked for France up to date: 291 lost at sea.
-*{{SF}} Successful Italian attack on Austrians in Piave delta begins - 1,900 prisoners.
-*{{PO}} Opening of International Commercial Conference at Westminster. Establishment of (British) Central Council of Agriculture. Statement of General Botha ''re'' military and police measures.<ref>General Botha (Premier of South African Union) stated at Pretoria that military and police measures were necessitated by discovery of movement for subversion of Constitution by violence. "Demon of intrigue" at work.</ref> Publication of Austrian Docialists' Declaration ''re'' peace.<ref>Austrian Socialists' Declaration ''re'' Peace: (1) League of Nations to be established. (2) No annexations: disputed territorial problems to be settled by self-determination of Nations. (3) Equal freedom of economic development and avoidance of economic war. (4) Peace not to be based on victory. (5) Austria-Hungary to be federation of autonomous nations. (6) Creation of free Balkan peoples. (7) Treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest to be annulled. (8) Restoration and indemnification of Belgium.</ref>
-====[[3 July]]====
-*{{WF}} French advance north of [[Aisne]] between Autrèches on east and Moulin sous Touvent on west; 1,000 prisoners.
-*{{EF}} Germans prepare to advance on Murman railway. New Provisional Government established at Vladivostok.
-*{{NO}} Retreat of Germans at Nhamacurra.
-*{{PO}} Proclamation of Sinn Fein as dangerous organisation. Death of Lord Rhondda (British Food Controller). Death of Mohammed V., Sultan of Turkey; succeeded by Mohammed VI (Vahid-ed-Din).
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-*{{WF}} Australians and Americans re-capture village of Hamel and Vaire Wood (east of Amiens).
-*{{EF}} Czecho-Slovaks defeat Bolsheviks near Nikolaievsk (50 miles north of Vladivostok) and occupy the town.
-*{{SF}} Continued Italian advance in Piave delta and on Grappa front.
-*{{PO}} British Government reiterates British right of search, but waives it ''re'' Dutch Convoy to East Indies.
-{{spcr}}American Independence Day celebrations.
-{{spcr}}Proclamation at Constantinople of Vahid-ed-Din as Sultan.
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-==References/notes==
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