Wednesday, January 27, 1915

Cloudy

Correspondence (1 of 2)

Letter #279Time not recorded
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[Cabinet] Winston produced Beatty’s preliminary report on the Naval battle; as you wd. see, the damage to the Lion is rather tardily admitted

Reports on the Cabinet discussion of the naval battle and Australian indiscipline.

Mentioned:Winston Churchill • Beatty • Kitchener • Maxwell • Reginald McKenna • Gulland • Wedgwood Benn • Geoffrey Howard • Balfour

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration3/10
Political Unburdening7/10
Emotional Desolation0/10

Thematic Tags

Dogger Bank battleAustralian troopsSpy fever/ZeppelinsWhip appointment
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYCabinet meeting. Presiding at Committee of Defence. Interview with Montagu.. Discussed Dardanelles with Churchill
Venetia Stanley
London Hospitalⓘ

Official Register

1915-01-27

Top News

Daily Edition

British forces lost the main coastal road between Qantara and El Arish to Ottoman forces.. The British minelayer HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness (Note: Source dates this to May 27; included here due to prompt range but noted as potential date conflict in sources).

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned