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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 5 June.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 5 June on The Great War wiki.
1916 (Monday)
- Battalion is situated in Divisional Reserve at Bouzincourt providing working parties for the Royal Engineers.
- A volunteer group led by Lieutenant Barnes undertakes a night raid on German trenches at the Leipzig Redoubt.[note 1] Zero time is 11pm.
- 11 German prisoners are captured. Casualties: Lt Barnes and 5 other ranks killed, 27 wounded and 1 wounded and missing.
- Note by Lt-Col. Machell: "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."
- Deaths: David Johnson Allison (17523 Pte.) / James Herbert Copeland (13877 L/Cpl.) / Francis Little (17584 Pte.)
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