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*In the F1 sector near Aveluy. The front is fairly quiet.<ref name="wdfeb16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916]]</ref>
*Casualties: One other rank is killed, one wounded and two suffering from shell shock.<ref name="wdfeb16" />
*"Edge of a night strafe; an anxious time; the people who have been here for months made no proper dug-outs; the Germans are 16 feet underground. Lachrymaotry shells,<ref>A chemical weapon that causes severe eye, respiratory, and skin irritation. It also causes pain, vomiting, and even blindness.</ref> 9 inch, filled the valley with dense smoke which entailed the use of gas helmets instantly...This business near us was no small matter. The battalion that got it (K.O.Y.L.I.) had been at Loos and Ypres, and never saw anything like it. I hear the Boches have travelling outfits of very heavy guns, which go about and make hay at different points." – [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]]<ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
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