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K1 New Army Formation Begun

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1914

Horatio Herbert Kitchener KhartoumAugust 1914

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st

Begins organising the first six New Army divisions from the initial mass of volunteers.

Names involved

Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum

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