Saturday, August 15, 1914

Light Rain

Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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H.H. Asquith
Godalmingⓘ
HIS DAYWeekend residence
Venetia Stanley
Godalmingⓘ
HER DAYSpent Saturday outdoors with Asquith. Threw away a secret note in Roehampton Lane

Official Register

1914-08-15

Top News

Daily Edition

The Panama Canal is inaugurated with the passage of the SS *Ancon*.. The Battle of Cer begins, marking the first Allied victory of the war by Serbian troops against Austria-Hungary.. The British Government announces an amnesty for Suffragettes.. German troops burn the Belgian town of Visé.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"My last letter to you only left on Thursday last, and all that day I was busy at G.H.Q. writing a most tremendous mail... I was feeling a bit fed up with the discomfort and dirt of the camp..."

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"I am writing from notes taken on the spot... Germany declared war on Russia on Sat. August 1st... Aug. 3rd 1914 the papers published the declaration[s] of war."