Saturday, October 3, 1914

Cloudy

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #172Time not recorded
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The Belgian Government . . . resolved yesterday to throw up the sponge & to leave to-day for Ostend . . . the intrepid Winston set off at midnight . . . He will go straightway & beard the King & his Ministers.

Asquith describes the Belgian decision to evacuate Antwerp, the British urge to hold on, and Winston's departure for Antwerp.

Mentioned:Winston Churchill • Grey • Kitchener • Sir John French • Ellis Griffith • William Jones • Lloyd George • Lord Plymouth

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration3/10
Political Unburdening8/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Antwerp crisisWinston's missionCardiff meetingKitchener on medical shortcomings
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYCardiff speech (yesterday). Talk with K.
Venetia Stanley
Penrhosⓘ
HER DAYAttended Welsh meetings (past experience)

Official Register

1914-10-03

Top News

Daily Edition

Sixteen Sikhs are killed in a riot near Calcutta involving passengers from the *Komagata Maru*,. In Albania, Essad Pasha Toptani's forces take Durrës with no resistance. The Port Adelaide Football Club are crowned Champions of Australia for a record fourth time.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"Motored with L. G. and family and Masterman to Aldershot. We had lunch on the Downs and tea at a small inn. Long talk regarding pensions for widows of soldiers and sailors."

FS
Frances Stevenson

"Returned to the Office on October 7th, my birthday. On Tuesday C. turned in to see me... He told me that Antwerp was in a bad way. The Govt. had that day decided to send some 20,000 men over to Ostend... it was discovered that the pilot ship had been forgotten"