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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|October}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Tuesday)== 3Three men are recruited at Aikton.<ref name="lowther279">{{lowther\|recno=279}}</ref> Enlistments: [[William David Nash (13633 Pte.)]]. [[Battalion]] Orders include ~~{{quote-left}}~~"NOTICE: Smoking in the Rooms is strictly forbidden and any man caught will be severely punished.~~{{quote-right}}~~" <ref>{{lowther\|recno=137}}</ref> Letter offrom [[Major]] [[William Walter Riddell Binning\|Binning]] to G.D. Oliver [architect]: ~~{{quote-left}}~~"....receipt of supply of Cigarettes and Tobacco for the men here....~~{{quote-right}}~~" <ref>{{lowther\|recno=46}}</ref> ==1915 (Wednesday)== ~~==1916==~~ Letter form General Sitwell to Lonsdale: "... I was greatly impressed with the excellence of the Race Course Camp at Carlisle, both in facilities for training and in comfort for the men, the latter largely due to great generosity on your part ..." [279] Battalion situated in the Cambrin Sector. The day is comparatively quiet.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref>▼ 126 men on 5 days’ leave.<ref name="lowther145">{{lowther\|recno=145}}</ref> The Commanding Officer visits the front line [[trench]]es during morning.<ref name="wdoct16" />▼ Seven men are posted to the Divisional Cyclist Company.<ref name="lowther145/> At 11:45am a bombardment of the enemy trenches is carried out by [[stokes mortar\|Stokes]] and 2 [[trench mortar]]s.<ref name="wdoct16" />▼ Enemy's trenches are considerably damaged and there is no retaliation.<ref name="wdoct16" />▼ ==~~1917~~1916 (Friday)== ▲Battalion situated in the Cambrin Sector. The day is comparatively quiet.~~<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref>~~ The [[Lonsdales]] march to Adinkerke, then proceeds to Rosendael by barge and finally by route march to Teteghem, arriving about 8pm.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>▼ ▲The Commanding Officer visits the front line [[trench]]es during morning.~~<ref name="wdoct16" />~~ ▲At 11:45am a [[bombardment]] of the enemy ~~trenches~~[[trench]]es is carried out by [[stokes mortar\|Stokes]] and 2 [[trench mortar]]s.~~<ref name="wdoct16" />~~ ~~==References / notes==~~ ▲Enemy's trenches are considerably damaged. ~~and there~~There is no retaliation.~~<ref name="wdoct16" />~~ ~~<small>{{lowther copyright}}</small>~~ ~~{{reflist}}~~ ~~<!--{{refs-lowther}}-->~~ ==1917 (Saturday)== ▲*The [[Lonsdales]] march to Adinkerke, then proceeds to Rosendael by barge and finally by route march to Teteghem,; ~~arriving~~arrives about 8pm.~~<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>~~ <br/> <!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|280]]