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*Recruiting Office sends 9 attestation papers.<ref>{{lowther|recno=12}}</ref>
*Battalion leaves Annezin for the front line trenches in the Cambrin Sector, relieving the 1st Dorsetshire Regiment (14th Brigade); relief commences at 11:30am and completes at 4:15pm.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref> ▼
*At 7:55pm, 8:44pm and 10:29pm a combined shoot of Stokes guns, rifle fire and machine gun fire is carried out by the 8th Division lasting for 5 minutes (each shoot).<ref name="wdoct16" />▼
*Battalion cooperates with the rifle and machine gun; the enemy retaliates with a few minenwerfers<ref>A class of German short range mortars developed around 1908-1909, used extensively during the First World War.</ref> and oil cans.▼
==1916 (Wednesday)==
==1917==▼
▲*[[Battalion]] leaves Annezin for the front line
*Battalion holds the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged; one other rank is wounded.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>▼
▲*At 7:55pm, 8:44pm and 10:29pm a combined shoot of
▲*Battalion cooperates with the rifle and machine gun; the enemy retaliates with a few minenwerfers<ref group="note">A class of German short range mortars developed around 1908-1909, used extensively during the First World War.</ref> and oil cans.
*[[Thomas Henry Linney (13313 L/Cpl.)]] transfers to the [[1st Border Regiment]].
▲==1917 (Thursday)==
▲*Battalion holds the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged
*One [[other ranks|other rank]] is wounded.
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