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==19151914==
===Western Front===
*[[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>
*Germans try to cross [[Yser (river)|Yser]] on rafts, south of [[Dixmude]]; decisively repulsed.
*Involved in lectures, inspections and physical exercises.<ref name=“lons15”>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
*French occupy Lesménils (Moselle) and Burnhaupt ([[Alsace]]).
===Eastern Front===
*[[Hungary]]: Russians occupy [[Bartfeld]].
===Southern Front===
*[[Serbia]]: Austrians occupy [[Belgrade]]; Serbians begin counter-offensive in [[Suvobor]] region.
===Political===
*Speech by [[Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg]] blaming Britain for the war.
*[[Ireland]]: Seditious paper seized in Dublin.
==1916==
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*Battalion situated at Berteaucourt. Church parade and inspection of billets by Commanding Officer.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref>
==1917==
*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>
*[[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" />
===The following Lonsdale men died this day in 1917===
{{Lonsdale Casualties 2 December 1917}}
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