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==1916==
*Battalion in Divisional Reserve at Bouzincourt providing working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdjun16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, June 1916]]</ref>
*Volunteer group led by Lieut. Barnes undertakes a [[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix B|night raid on German trenches]] at the [[
*Casualties:- Lt Barnes and 5 other ranks killed, 27 wounded and 1 wounded and missing.<ref name="wdjun16" />
*11 German prisoners captured. "After the raiders had returned, a strong patrol of Lancashire Fusiliers, with two machine-guns, 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." – [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] <ref name="lons" />
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