Thursday, September 3, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #143Time not recorded
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I am ashamed, now & again, how, for the moment, excellent & well-meaning people get on one's nerves. . . . I feel a wicked impulse to lose my temper & swear.

Asquith complains about minor irritations, reports on Kitchener's return from Paris, and discusses French/Joffre friction and casualties.

Mentioned:Bongie • Miss Way • Kitchener • Sir John French • Millerand • Joffre • Montagu • Harcourts • McKennas • Nan & Bron • Nan Herbert • Francis McLaren • Mary Herbert • Aubrey Herbert • Major Crichton • Col. Morris • Col. Ansell • Winston Churchill

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration6/10
Political Unburdening8/10
Emotional Desolation4/10

Thematic Tags

Personal irritationKitchener's Paris visitFrench/Joffre relationsIndian troopsCasualtiesRecruitingRussian victory
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYCabinet. Dinner with Montagu. Lunch with Mary Herbert. Dinner with Benckendorffs.
Venetia Stanley
Prestatynⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith. Thinking of visiting Asquith

Official Register

1914-09-03

Top News

Daily Edition

The French Government leaves Paris for Bordeaux as the German army approaches. H.M.S. *Speedy* is sunk by a mine in the North Sea,.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"K. saw Millerand, who said he was neither hopeful of winning, nor despairing... Henry said... ‘Nothing can be more serious than our position—indeed, the whole situation at the front. The French Government has left Paris, and gone to Bordeaux.’"