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1915

1234	25 September – Violent artillery fighting during month of September; Great French offensive begins; Germans driven back between the Suippe and Aisne.
1234	26 September – French advance between Auberive and Ville-sur-Tourbe.
1234	27 September – German second lines attacked.
1234	28 September – Progress towards Hill 185 and north of Massiges.
1234	29 September – Continued progress north of Massiges and Butte-de-Tahure. Fighting north of Mesnil.
1234	29-30 September – French successes about Mesnil.
1234	1-3 October – Indecisive fighting about Navarin Farm.

Western Front	French take a wood near Mesnil, Champagne.	French take a wood near Mesnil, Champagne.
Eastern Front	Russians advance on the Uzsok Pass and in the Bukovina.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres	Heavy fighting at Sarikamish (Russian Armenia).
Naval and Political Operations	HMS Formidable torpedoed by German submarine and sunk in the English Channel.
Political	Institution of the Military Cross announced (Warrant of 28 December 1914).	Dr. John Clifford's speech at Westbourne Park Chapel.

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A Soldier of the Border Regiment
Remembered with Honour

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BIOGRAPHY

Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour

Originally published week ending 18 September, 1915.