22 November: Difference between revisions

*Letter: {{quote-left}}Yesterday....closed the Recruiting Office, which has sent men to join the [[Lonsdale Battalion]]....The strength of the [[Battalion]] today is 1153 officers, [[non-commissioned officersofficer]]s and men.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=11}}</ref>

*Transport and passage with 2 officers and 101 [[other ranks]] proceeds under [[Major]] [[P. G. W. Diggle]] to Havre.<ref name=“wdnovdec15”>[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref>

*Battalion situated in billets[[billet]]s at Mailly-Maillet. The [[21 November#1916|previous day's rescue party]] under [[Captain]] Hunter returns at 4.30am. Two other men from cut-off party manage to get through and report that Captain Welch and his forward party are still holding out in a portion of 'Frankfort Trench.'<ref name="wdnov16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November 1916]]</ref>

*Another rescue party is formed, composed of Lonsdale and Highland Light Infantry men. The party moves to trenches[[trench]]es near 'Wagon Road' to hold itself in readiness before assistance in case Captain Welch and his men try to break through.<ref name="wdnov16" />

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