Sunday, August 9, 1914

Cloudy

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #119Night
"

It was no use my darling writing you a letter to-day . . . I have also rather a pathetic . . . letter from M. de Broqueville . . . The only authentic news we have to-day . . . is that one of our best & biggest battleships - the Monarch - was very nearly torpedoed this morning at Scapa Flow . . .

Asquith mentions a letter from the Belgian PM, Winston's request for Ivor Guest, and a scare about a submarine at Scapa Flow.

Mentioned:Paul Cambon • de Broqueville • Winston Churchill • Ivor Guest • Lambert • King George V • James Dunn • Sir Edward Grey • Viscount Haldane • Edwin Montagu • Violet Asquith • Maurice Bonham Carter • Arthur Asquith • Jack Tennant • Seely

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration7/10
Political Unburdening5/10
Emotional Desolation4/10

Thematic Tags

Belgian PMIvor Guest appointmentScapa Flow scareGrey's health
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYLunch with Haldane and Grey. Golf at Swinley Forest. Service at Westminster Abbey. Dinner at Montagu's.
Venetia Stanley
Somersetⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith. At Mells (all day)

Official Register

1914-08-09

Top News

Daily Edition

HMS *Birmingham* rams and sinks the German submarine *U-15* in the North Sea, the first U-boat loss of the war.. Montenegro declares war on Austria-Hungary.. German troops occupy the city of Liège, Belgium.. British forces destroy the German wireless station at Dar-es-Salaam in East Africa.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"On Sunday, August 9th, I played golf at Walton Heath. L. G.... walked round with me. He said he was still hopeful that Italy would join us... He gave a dramatic description of the evening when war was declared against Germany."

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"I forgot to say on 9th Aug. 1914 I was sent for to Buckingham Palace, by Ly Ampthill... to ask if I would be on the Queen’s (Mary)* committee for needle work."