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==1916 (Friday)==
*Newspaper
*Battalion situated at [[Crucifix Corner]]. No fresh written Battalion Orders are issued. Sometime during the day [[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix E|notes and instructions]]<ref>This is the final note with instructions from [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] to the officers commanding the Battalion Companies.</ref> are issued verbally by [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]. Each man is thoroughly acquainted with the task that lay before him.
*The [[Lonsdales]] move up at 10pm from [[dug-
▲*Battalion situated at [[Crucifix Corner]]. No fresh written Battalion Orders are issued. Sometime during the day [[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix E|notes and instructions]]<ref>This is the final note with instructions from [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] to the officers commanding the Battalion Companies.</ref> are issued verbally by [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]. Each man is thoroughly acquainted with the task that lay before him.<ref name="lons">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
▲*The Lonsdales move up at 10pm from dug-outs at Crucifix Corner to specifically dug assembly trenches in the thickest (and least damaged) area of Authuille Wood in preparation for Zero Hour on [[1 July]].<ref name="wdjun16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, June 1916]]</ref> A transverse trench used for communication purposes leads the men through the wood. They are hardly shelled at all during the night, with zero casualties.<ref name="lons" />
==1917==
*Battalion patrol examines
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