10 February

Revision as of 23:18, 12 July 2016 by Borderman (talk | contribs) (quote and refs added)
February

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 10 February.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 10 February on The Great War wiki.

1916

  • In the F1 sector near Aveluy. The front is fairly quiet.[1]
  • Casualties: One other rank is killed, one wounded and two suffering from shell shock.[1]
  • "Edge of a night strafe; an anxious time; the people who have been here for months made no proper dug-outs; the Germans are 16 feet underground. Lachrymaotry shells,[2] 9 inch, filled the valley with dense smoke which entailed the use of gas helmets instantly...This business near us was no small matter. The battalion that got it (K.O.Y.L.I.) had been at Loos and Ypres, and never saw anything like it. I hear the Boches have travelling outfits of very heavy guns, which go about and make hay at different points." – Lt-Col. P. W. Machell[3]

References / notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916
  2. A chemical weapon that causes severe eye, respiratory, and skin irritation. It also causes pain, vomiting, and even blindness.
  3. Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France