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*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.▼
*[[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>
==1916 (Saturday)==
*[[Albert]]: In [[billet|billets]] in providing [[working party|working parties]] for the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}.
▲*One [[other ranks|other rank]] is accidentally wounded.
==1917 (Sunday)==
*Situated in the Support Intermediate Line (Kuropatkin).
*Working with the {{wl|Royal Engineers}} on working parties in the [[trench|trenches]].
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*Battalion 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. One man escapes with a [[Lewis gun]].
*Enemy quiet by day but active on tracks with machine guns by night.
*Three 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.
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[[Category:Events by day|071]]
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