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*Battalion situated at Contay involved in Divisional exercise.<ref name="wdjun16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, June 1916]]</ref>
*One other rank is wounded (self inflicted).<ref name="wdjun16" />
*[[Brigade]] Orders (some extracts given in [[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix C|Appendix C]]) for the attack are issued. Four days are to be devoted to a [[barrage|heavy bombardment]].<ref name="lons">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
*The part of the enemy's line which the [[32nd Division]] is to attack (with the Lonsdales in the [[97th Brigade]] on the right) is the large salient, reaching from the north of [[Thiepval]] village to a point 1,800 yards due east of [[Authuille]] (see sketch map). The chord of this salient is about 1,900 yards long, and the portion of the front German trenches, allotted as the first objective of the 97th Brigade, is about 850 yards long from north to south, including the formidable [[
*The attack of the 97th Brigade is to be carried out by the two H.L.I. Battalions in the front line, each on a front of two platoons (''i.e.'', about 300 yards per battalion). The Battalion K.O.Y.L.I.<ref>King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry</ref> is to be in support, and the Londales in reserve, echeloned to the right rear of the right H.L.I. Battalion.<ref name="lons" />
*When the third first line of enemy’s trenches is captured, the K.O.Y.L.I. and the Lonsdales are to pass through the H.L.I. and capture the 4th line, including [[Mouquet Farm]]. Z day, ''i.e.'', the day of the attack, is subsequently fixed for the [[29 June]]; but owing to various causes it is deferred to the [[1 July]].<ref name="lons" />
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