Saturday, September 12, 1914
Correspondence (1 of 2)
It was the greatest joy to get the 'sombre' portrait & its beautiful frame . . . I also brought with me the Keats, which I prize more than I was able to tell you this morning.
Asquith thanks Venetia for her birthday present, describes lunch at the Admiralty, and a drive to Munstead.
Metric Analysis
Thematic Tags
Official Register
1914-09-12Top News
The First Battle of the Marne ends with the retreat of the German armies to the River Aisne, marking the failure of the Schlieffen Plan [21], [22]. In East Prussia, German forces capture Gumbinnen [23], [22]. The Australian flag is hoisted in the newly captured German territory of New Britain [24].
Cabinet Council
Parliament
Witness Observations
"Henry’s birthday. … The King sent him a nice telegram, also Queen Alexandra... At lunch Henry told Frances [Balfour] about the last Zeppelin raid. … ‘I went with McKenna and Ly Eileen Wellesley, and we went down to Wood St. and saw huge dry goods stores a sheet of flame’"