Wednesday, January 6, 1915
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Correspondence (1 of 2)
Letter #250Night
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My darling - I got back from the Assyrian's feast just before 12 . . . At the Cabinet K. read us French's long mem. proposing a move on Ostend . . . This, of course, is repugnant in the highest degree to K.
Asquith recounts a dinner at Montagu's and mentions French/Kitchener friction over strategy.
Mentioned:Edwin Montagu • Raymond Asquith • Katharine Asquith • Goonie Churchill • Sisters Hennessy • Edward Horner • Sir John French • Kitchener • Haldane • Winston Churchill
Metric Analysis
Romantic Adoration5/10
Political Unburdening6/10
Emotional Desolation0/10
Thematic Tags
Dinner partyFrench's strategic plansKitchener's objectionSuspicion of Kitchener's ambition
In-Person Meetingⓘ
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYIllingworth Memorial Service. Cabinet meeting. Dinner at Montagu's.. Attended Percy Illingworth's Memorial Service at a Presbyterian Church near Marble Arch
In-Person Meetingⓘ
London Hospitalⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith
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The British Army established the 59th Infantry Division.
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