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A bombardment of the enemy's lines is carried out at 4:20pm by Allied Field Guns: 4.5 Howitzers, medium and light trench mortars and rifle grenades batteries.^[1]
The bombardment lasts for 30 mins with very little retaliation. The German trenches are badly damaged.^[1]
From 4:30pm to 10:30pm it rains very heavily causing some damage to the Lonsdales trenches and dug-outs.^[1]

1917

Battalion situated at Oost Dunkerque cleaning up billets; rains during the morning.^[2]

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 ==1916==
-*A bombardment of the enemy's lines is carried out at 4:20pm by Allied Field Guns: 4.5 Howitzers, medium and light trench mortars and rifle grenades batteries.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>
+*A bombardment of the enemy's lines is carried out at 4:20pm by [[Allied]] Field Guns: 4.5 Howitzers, medium and light [[trench mortar]]s and rifle grenades batteries.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</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.<ref name="wdaug16" />
+*From 4:30pm to 10:30pm it rains very heavily causing some damage to the [[Lonsdales]] trenches and [[dug-out]]s.<ref name="wdaug16" />
 ==1917==
-*Battalion situated at Oost Dunkerque cleaning up billets; rains during the morning.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
+*[[Battalion]] situated at Oost Dunkerque cleaning up [[billet]]s; rains during the morning.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
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+==References / notes==
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