Wednesday, August 19, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #125Time not recorded
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My darling – it was heavenly to get your dear long letter . . . I didn't feel very comfortable this morning about the military situation, & got Kitchener to go into it thoroughly. He thinks that the Germans are coming round in a big enveloping movement . . .

Asquith discusses Kitchener's view of the German enveloping movement and mentions the capture of German ships.

Mentioned:Viscount Haldane • Sir Ernest Cassel • Winston Churchill • Clemmie Churchill • Lady Sarah Wilson • Mrs Keppel • Julia Maguire • Lady Randolph • Redmond • Birrell • Kitchener • Louis Mallet • Sir Edward Grey • Walter Runciman • Lloyd George • Sir John Simon • Queen Mary

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration8/10
Political Unburdening7/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Military situation (envelopment)TurkeyCaptured shipsContrabandQueen Mary's letter
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYDinner with Cassel (previous). Meeting with Kitchener. Cabinet. Lunch with Churchills.
Venetia Stanley
Penrhosⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith (long hour-by-hour letter). Collecting oddities

Official Register

1914-08-19

Top News

Daily Edition

Pope Pius X dies in Rome.. US President Woodrow Wilson addresses Congress, calling for strict neutrality.. The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force departs Sydney to capture German New Guinea.. The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria sign an alliance.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Alice Keppel, Edward VII’s mistress... was a Scotch girl... She is coarse, kind, truthful and gay... I allowed Elizabeth to pay her first visit alone... to Holland, to stay with Alice..."