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==1916 (Monday)==
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*Battalion is situated in Divisional Reserve at Bouzincourt providing {{gw|working parties}} for the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}.
*A volunteer group led by Lieutenant Barnes undertakes a [[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix B|night raid on German trenches]] at the [[Leipzig Redoubt]].<ref group="lower-alpha">The objective of this raid was to gain information about a very important part of the enemy {{gw|trench}} systems that were to be attacked on [[1 July]]. Large mounds of earth had appeared at the point of the salient, which looked as though mining was in progress, and it was clear that there were several {{gw|machine-gun}} emplacements in or near a quarry shown in their photos of this part of the German line. Another feature of the aerial photos was a square trench, or the [[
*Note by [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]: {{quote-left}}After the raiders had returned, a strong patrol of Lancashire Fusiliers, with two {{gw|machine gun}}s, went out, and remained till dawn in case of counter-attack, and also brought in the wounded and dead. The prisoners are poor specimens and belong to the 6th Company, 99th Reserve Regiment.
====The following Lonsdale men died this day====
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