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==1915 (Thursday)==
*[[Battalion]] marches to Molliens-au-Bois; arrives and billets[[billet]]s at 12:30pm.<ref name=“wdnovdec15”>[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref>
*Involved in lectures, inspections and physical exercises.<ref name=“lons15”>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
==1916 (Saturday)==
*Battalion situated at Berteaucourt.: Church parade and inspection of billets by Commanding Officer.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref>
==1917 (Sunday)==
*Battalion makes a night attack on German positions South of Westroosebeek in conjunction with the remaining units of [[Glossary:Brigade, 97th|97th Infantry Brigade]] and 2two units of the 96th Infantry Brigade.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref>
*1.55am: [[Zero hour]]. The [[Lonsdales]] take their objectives.
*Zero hour 1.55am. The Lonsdales takes its objectives but two leapfrogging Companies fall back before dawn onto subsidiary objectives, which are held all day until the enemy launches a counter attack at 4.30pm. The Lonsdale then fall back onto the old line.<ref name="wddec17" />
*Two leapfrogging [[company|companies]] fall back before dawn onto subsidiary objectives. These are held all day.
*4.30pm: The enemy launches a counterattack and the Lonsdale fall back to the old line.
====The following Lonsdale men died this day in 1917====
==Deaths==
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{{table-deaths
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*[[Robert Anderson (13705 L/Cpl.)|Anderson, Robert (13705 L/Cpl.)]]
*[[James Ashcroft (260205 Pte.)|Ashcroft, James (260205 Pte.)]]
*[[Frank William Ashman (28817 Pte.)|Ashman, Frank William (28817 Pte.)]]
*[[Thomas Caddle (25588 Pte.)|Caddle, Thomas (25588 Pte.)]]
*[[John Richard Carmichael (260212 Pte.)|Carmichael, John Richard (260212 Pte.)]]
*[[Samuel Ebenezer Craker (33708 Pte.)|Craker, Samuel Ebenezer (33708 Pte.)]]
*[[John William Dalby (260219 Pte.)|Dalby, John William (260219 Pte.)]]
*[[Walter Dalzell (32643 Pte.)|Dalzell, Walter (32643 Pte.)]]
*[[Frederick Davidson (15372 Pte.)|Davidson, Frederick (15372 Pte.)]]
*[[John Johnstone Davidson (23777 Pte.)|Davidson, John Johnstone (23777 Pte.)]]
*[[George Frederick Delahoy (33344 L/Sgt.)|Delahoy, George Frederick (33344 L/Sgt.)]]
*[[Joseph Demellweek (260216 Pte.)|Demellweek, Joseph (230216 Pte.)]]
*[[William John Douglas (20963 Pte.)|Douglas, William John (20963 Pte.)]]
*[[Harry Eggington (33536 Pte.)|Eggington, Harry (33536 Pte.)]]
|1918={{clear}}
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