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==1916 (Tuesday)==

*A [[bombardment]] of the enemy's lines is carried out at 4:20pm by [[Allied]] Field Guns: 4.5 Howitzers[[Howitzer]]s, medium and light [[trench mortarsmortar]]s and [[rifle]] grenades batteries.<ref[[grenade]]s name="wdaug16">[[11thBattery Battalion War Diary, August 1916(artillery)|batteries]]</ref>.

*The bombardment lasts for 30 mins with very little retaliation. The German trenches are badly damaged.<ref name="wdaug16" />

*From 4:30pm to 10:30pm it rains very heavily causing some damage to the [[Lonsdales]] trenches and dugouts[[dug-out]]s.<ref name="wdaug16" />

==1917 (Wednesday)==

*[[Battalion]] situated at Oost Dunkerque cleaning up billets[[billet]]s; rains during the morning.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>