Wednesday, December 23, 1914

Cloudy

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #233Time not recorded
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. . . One of the Americans—a journalist called Slidell—was fresh from Cracow . . . he is quite convinced that the Germans & Austrians will be killed by the winter.

Asquith relays a journalist's account of the fighting in Poland and mentions Maud Cunard's gift.

Mentioned:Slidell • Maud Cunard • Nancy • Maurice Bonham Carter • Birrell • Wimborne

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration2/10
Political Unburdening4/10
Emotional Desolation0/10

Thematic Tags

Eastern FrontGiftsIrish Lord Lieutenancy
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYLeft London for the country for a few days' rest.
Venetia Stanley
Cheshireⓘ

Official Register

1914-12-23

Top News

Daily Edition

The announcement is made that the London Stock Exchange will reopen on January 4 [44]. In the Battle of Sarikamish, a friendly fire incident costs Ottoman forces 2,000 lives [45]. The German submarine U-18 is rammed and sunk by a British patrol vessel off the coast of Scotland [46].

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"C. has gone, and left me desolate... Mamma has received a beautiful basket of fruit from C.... He sent me at the same time a dear little orange-tree."