Monday, November 2, 1914

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Correspondence (1 of 2)

Letter #198Time not recorded
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. . . I am really distressed at your thinness . . . We went yesterday afternoon to see another camp of German prisoners at Newbury . . . Kitchener retailed his experiences at Dunkirk . . .

Asquith expresses concern for Venetia's health, describes a visit to a German prisoners' camp, and reports on Kitchener's visit to Dunkirk.

Mentioned:Blanche • Eric Serocold • McKenna • Kitchener • Poincaré • Millerand • Joffre • Foch • Sir John French • Francis Grenfell • Kaiser • Winston Churchill • Redmond

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration8/10
Political Unburdening7/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Venetia's healthBlanche's husband (Eric Serocold)Prisoner camp (Newbury)Kitchener at DunkirkJoffre and Foch
H.H. Asquith
The Wharf -> Londonⓘ
HIS DAYVisit to Newbury camp (Sunday). Cabinet. Conference on North Sea. Dinner.. Attended the wedding of the third child of Captain Maurice Hankey, C.B., Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence.
Venetia Stanley
Cheshireⓘ
HER DAYSorting PM's letters. Ill/thin (health concerns)

Official Register

1914-11-02

Top News

Daily Edition

The Admiralty declares the whole of the North Sea a military area due to indiscriminate German mine-laying, warning merchant ships of the dangers,.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"We returned from W.H. this morning. C.’s quarrel with K. of K. has been patched up. C. went over to the War Office on Friday afternoon... They talked about the Welsh Army Corps, & the appointment of a General for N. Wales."