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==1915 (Sunday)==
*French repulse all counter-attacks at [[Les Éparges]].
*Proposal to proceed to Grantham by train on [[7 April]].<ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
*Attempted renewal of offensive by Germans in northern [[Poland]].
*Failure of Austrian attacks and progress by Russians in the [[Carpathians]].
*The first passenger ship (British {{SS|Falaba}}) sunk by a German submarine (see [[13 March]] and [[20 October]] 1914).
*Russian Black Sea fleet bombards the forts on the [[Bosporus]].
*[[Smyrna]] forts [[shell]]ed.
==1916Notes==
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*[[Battalion]] situated in rest [[billet]]s in Dernancourt.<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref>
*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]]: {{quote-left}}Getting short of officers. The regular battalions are always changing, but these North-Country men want to know their officers thoroughly or they count for very little.{{quote-right}} <ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
==1917==
*Battalion parades in fighting order and marches east, leaving Nesle at 12 noon. They pass through Voyennes to Toulle, arriving there 3.30pm where they remain there for 3 hours. At 6.45pm they continue to march to ground north of Germaine and dig [[trench]]es on a 700 yard frontage, facing eastwards.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref>
*Deaths: [[Thomas Gilbert Davies (27726 Pte.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[Ernest Harold Gough (27750 Pte.)]]
==1918==
*Battalion moves from the sunken road at Ransart at 8.30am to occupy old trenches in the vicinity of Adinfer Wood. 2 Companies in rear and 2 on the right flank.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref>
*Later in day the rear Companies move to the front of the wood. The men dig shelters in the sides of old trenches. Battalion Headquarters is located at the rear.<ref name="wdmar18" />
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