While reading whatever I can get my hands on concerning the practice of trench raiding (I have recently acquired and look forward to devouring Anthony Saunders' Raiding on the Western Front), I came across this nice article on the Calonne Trench Raid (PDF), published in a 1999 issue of Canadian Military History. It's short (~10 pages), but it very neatly provides background on the Commonwealth Western Front practice of trench raiding, explains the purposes of the practice, gives the lead-in to this particular attack, details the planning and organization for it, and describes the action itself. it then wraps up the results and brings the reader back to the overall rationale and effect of raiding.
A sampling of the other accounts I've run across on the Web so far include several accounts on a site dedicated to the 11th Bn., East Lancashire Regiment: a patrol, a raid, and a raid by the 13th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment. Also a nice animated presentation on a 1916 raid the the London Scottish, an account of an American who fought with the Royal West Surreys, another American serving under his home colours, and a short account of an action by 6th Bn., Seaforth Highlanders.
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