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==19161915 (Sunday)==
*{{WF}} Heavy German attack at [[Bagatelle]] ([[Argonne]]).
*In the F1 sector near Aveluy. The front is very quiet.<ref name="wdfeb16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916]]</ref>
*{{EF}} Germans take offensive on southern wing of East Prussian front, and advance 40 kilometres towards [[Johannisburg]].
*Casualties: One man is wounded, one with shell shock.<ref name="wdfeb16" />
**Very heavy fighting at [[Kosziowa]], north-east of Tucholka Pass: enemy finally checked.
**Austrians reach Upper [[Suczava]] valley, [[Bukovina]].
*{{PO}} British Foreign Office issues statement justifying use of neutral flag "for the purpose of evading capture at sea".
**Allied financial resources to be united.
 
==References / notes==
==1917==
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*[[Battalion]] situated at Lytham Camp near Beaussart. Practice parade morning and evening for the coming attack.<ref name="wdfeb17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1917]]</ref>
 
==1918==
*Battalion situated in the front line. The sector quiet as usual. Hot meals arrive at night. Front post shelled.<ref name="wdfeb18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918]]</ref>
 
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