Monday, August 17, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #123Time not recorded
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My darling—I hope you got a little farewell message I wrote near midnight . . . Saturday was a golden day . . . We had a Cabinet at noon: . . . Turkey has come into the foreground . . . Winston . . . is all for sending a torpedo flotilla . . . I hear just now that our 2nd General Grierson . . . has suddenly died . . .

Asquith recalls a "golden day" on Saturday, mentions a Cabinet on Turkey and contraband, and reports Grierson's death.

Mentioned:Francis McLaren • McKennas • Edwin Montagu • Lloyd George • Winston Churchill • Lord Crewe • Kitchener • Walter Runciman • Sir John Simon • Sir John French • Grierson • Smith-Dorrien • Elizabeth Asquith

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration9/10
Political Unburdening7/10
Emotional Desolation4/10

Thematic Tags

Visit to MunsteadTurkeyContrabandUlster riflesGrierson's death
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYDinner. Drive to London. Cabinet.. Asquith attended a Cabinet meeting at noon (David Lloyd George was absent due to neuralgia). He later wrote to Venetia Stanley regarding the "double game" Turkey seemed to be playing regarding the German ships *Goeben* and *Breslau*, and noted Winston Churchill's "bellicose mood".
Venetia Stanley
Penrhosⓘ
HER DAYJourneying to Penrhos

Official Register

1914-08-17

Top News

Daily Edition

The Belgian Government moves to Antwerp as the German army advances. General Sir James Grierson dies suddenly in France and is succeeded by Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien,,.

Cabinet Council

MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: Turkey threatening Egypt, Goeben and Breslau, Sending torpedo flotilla through Dardanelles (Churchill proposed, Crewe/Kitchener opposed)

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned