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==19161915 (Thursday)==
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*Battalion situated in billets in Albert providing working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdmarch16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref>
*Revised programme of work: daily: 7:45-9:45am physical drill, 10:00am-12:15pm and 14:00-17:00 training including entrenchments, [[musket]]ry, [[rifle]] exercises, [[bayonet]] fighting, [[company]], [[platoon]] and section drills, outposts, map reading, scouting, night operations.<ref>{{lowther|recno=185}}</ref>
*One other rank is accidentally wounded.<ref name="wdmarch16" />
*[[Battalion]] Orders: ....a scheme of distribution of the Field Glasses presented or lent for the use of [[NCO]]’s. In addition to the 13 pairs of Glasses originally provided by the National Service League, 50 pairs have now been received, besides £26 6s in cash, with which it is hoped to purchase glasses if any can be procured.<ref>{{lowther|recno=136}}</ref> Captain Rivington assumes responsibility for providing field glasses for the NCO’s of his own Company.<ref>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
 
==19171916 (Saturday)==
*[[Albert]]: In [[billet|billets]] in providing [[working party|working parties]] for the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}.
*Battalion situated in the Support Intermediate Line (Kuropatkin). The Lonsdales and Royal Engineer working parties are in the trenches.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref>
*One [[other ranks|other rank]] is accidentally wounded.<ref name="wdmarch16" />
 
==19181917 (Sunday)==
*Situated in the Support Intermediate Line (Kuropatkin).
*Battalion situated in the line. A party of 150 of the enemy armed with revolvers raid No.15 Post. Covered by a machine gun barrage, they sweep into the post taking 4 prisoners. 1 man escapes with a Lewis Gun.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref>
*Working with the {{wl|Royal Engineers}} on working parties in the [[trench|trenches]].
*Enemy quiet by day but active on tracks with machine guns by night. 3 Officer patrols leave Posts 19, 15 and 11, proceeding along the roads and obtained useful information regarding enemy wire and machine guns. Aircraft very active. Wiring by night.<ref name="wdmar18" />
 
==References1918 / notes(Monday)==
*Battalion situated in the line. A party of 150 of the enemy armed with revolvers raid No.15 Post. Covered by a [[machine gun]] [[barrage]], they sweep into the post taking 4 prisoners. 1One man escapes with a Lewis Gun.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11thLewis Battalion War Diary, March 1918gun]]</ref>.
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*Enemy quiet by day but active on tracks with machine guns by night.
*EnemyThree quiet by day but active on tracks with machine guns by night. 3 Officerofficer patrols leave Posts 19, 15 and 11, proceeding along the roads and obtained useful information regarding enemy wire and machine guns. Aircraft very active. Wiring by night.<ref name="wdmar18" />
*Aircraft very active. Wiring by night.
 
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