Tuesday, September 22, 1914

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Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #166Time not recorded
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We have just had some very bad news: the worst, I think, since the war began. Three good & powerful cruisers . . . were sunk this morning in the North Sea.

Asquith reports the sinking of the Cressy, Aboukir, and Hogue, German cruisers at large, New Zealand escort problem, and Kitchener's admission about recruits' supplies.

Mentioned:Winston Churchill • Kitchener • De La Bere

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Romantic Adoration4/10
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Thematic Tags

Three cruisers sunkGerman commerce raidersNew Zealand convoyKitchener and supply failures
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYCabinet.
Venetia Stanley
Penrhosⓘ

Official Register

1914-09-22

Top News

Daily Edition

The British armoured cruisers *Aboukir*, *Hogue*, and *Cressy* are torpedoed and sunk by a single German submarine in the North Sea with the loss of over 1,400 lives,.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

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Frances Stevenson

"C. is overwhelmed with letters of congratulations for last Saturday's speech. He is very pleased with a letter from Lena Ashwell, and carries it about with him."