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==1916 (Friday)==
*Newspaper articlearticles: ''[[Had Severe Blows - Lonsdales Resting]]''.<ref>''[[Had Severe Blows - Lonsdales Resting]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 30 June 1916.</ref> and ''[[Two in Hospital and One of Them a Lost Brother]]''<ref>''[[Two in Hospital and One of Them a Lost Brother]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 30 June 1916.</ref> are published.
*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>▼
*Newspaper article: ''[[Two in Hospital and One of Them a Lost Brother]]''.<ref>''[[Two in Hospital and One of Them a Lost Brother]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 30 June 1916.</ref>
*The [[Lonsdales]] move up at 10pm from [[dug-outsout]]s at [[Crucifix Corner]] to specifically dug assembly trenches[[trench]]es in the thickest (and least damaged) area of [[Authuille Wood]] in preparation for [[Zero hour|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[[shell]]ed during the night, withand suffer zero casualties.<ref name="lons" /> ▼
▲*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 wirethe in M.22.b.1.6wires. Day is exceptionally quiet.<ref name="wdjun17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, June 1917]]</ref>
 
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