The Prime Minister and Venetia shared intimate hours together in a garden setting.

British and French colonial forces invade German Cameroon [41]. A riot occurs at Budge Budge, Calcutta, involving passengers of the *Komagata Maru* who had been refused entry to Canada; police fire on the crowd, killing 19 [55], [56], [57]. In the Battle of Albert, Germans push back French reserve armies [58], [56].

"We dined with Benckendorffs. … I motored back with Grey, who got on to his favourite topic (letting out secrets from here that will help the Germans). He was dry and irritating on it."
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