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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

• Battalion in Divisional Reserve at Bouzincourt providing working parties for the Royal Engineers.
• Volunteer group led by Lieut. Barnes undertakes a night raid on German trenches at the Leipzig Redoubt. Zero time 11pm.
• Casualties:- Lt Barnes and 5 other ranks killed, 27 wounded and 1 wounded and missing.
• 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." – Lt-Col. Machell

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