Monday, September 7, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Additional Correspondence

According to the Letters to Venetia Stanley book, there is 1 more letter that day, but its content is not currently in the digital archive.

Archive Notice
H.H. Asquith
London
HIS DAYAsquith dined with Arthur Balfour, Harold Baker, and Winston Churchill. He remarked that Winston was "the one happy man... in his cabinet".
Venetia Stanley
London
HER DAYSpent an hour with Asquith. Attended dinner with A.J.B

Official Register

1914-09-07

Top News

Daily Edition

The German cruiser *Nürnberg* destroys the cable station on Fanning Island in the Pacific [9], [10]. Survivors of the *Karluk* shipwreck are rescued from Wrangel Island by the schooner *King and Winge* [11], [10]. In France, German attacks drive French defenders back south of Verdun during the Battle of Grand Couronné [12], [10].

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Arthur Balfour dined: he, Henry, Baker, and Winston, Violet, Elizabeth, Venetia and I made eight. Winston was in great form. He is the one happy man, Henry says, in his cabinet."