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<noinclude>{{Calendar|December}}{{Date-introtext
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*[[Battalion]] marches to Molliens-au-Bois; arrives and [[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==
*Battalion is situated at Berteaucourt. Church parade and inspection of billets by Commanding Officer.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref>
==1917==
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*Battalion makes a night attack on German positions South of Westroosebeek in conjunction with remaining units of [[97th Brigade]] and 2 units of the 96th Brigade.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref>
*At [[Zero hour]] - 1.55am - the [[Lonsdales]] takes their objectives but two leapfrogging [[company|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" />
====The following Lonsdale men died this day in 1917====
{{Lonsdale Casualties 2 December 1917}}{{clear}}
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