Editing Black Watch (section)

==== Regular Army ====
The 1st Battalion landed at [[Le Havre]] as part of the [[1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Brigade]] in the [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|1st Division]] in August 1914 for service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].<ref name=trail>{{cite web|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/blackwatch.htm|title=The Black Watch|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=8 May 2016|archive-date=26 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426233957/http://www.1914-1918.net/blackwatch.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It saw action during the [[Great Retreat|Retreat from Mons]] in August 1914, the [[First Battle of the Marne]] in September 1914 and the [[First Battle of the Aisne]] later in September 1914; it also took part in the advance to the [[Hindenburg Line]] in September 1918.<ref name=bwww1>{{cite web|url=http://theblackwatch.co.uk/history-and-research/black-watch-history/first-world-war/|title=First World War|work=TheBlackWatch.co.uk|access-date=8 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702020855/http://theblackwatch.co.uk/history-and-research/black-watch-history/first-world-war|archive-date=2 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 2nd Battalion landed at [[Marseille]] as part of the Bareilly Brigade in the [[7th (Meerut) Division]] in October 1914 for service on the Western Front.<ref name=trail/> It took part in the [[Winter operations 1914–1915|defence of Givenchy]] in December 1915<ref name=bwww1/> and then moved to [[Mesopotamia]] later that month and saw action during the [[siege of Kut]] in Spring 1916, the [[Fall of Baghdad (1917)|fall of Baghdad]] in March 1917 and the [[Battle of Istabulat]] in April 1917.<ref name=bwww1/> It transferred to [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in January 1918 and took part in the [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]] in September 1918.<ref name=bwww1/>