Monday, April 12, 1915
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Official Register
1915-04-12Top News
British, Australian and New Zealand forces conducted practice landings on Lemnos for the Gallipoli campaign.. Ottoman forces organized to retake Basra from a British force of 6,000 men at the Battle of Shaiba.
Cabinet Council
Parliament
Witness Observations
"I went by train to Windsor 12th April 1915. H. followed in his motor. ... [The King] told me his cousin the Tsar was ‘the best, straightest, most clear and decided man I know.’ He gave H. the sworn and signed written evidence of Vandeleur..."
"This was the vituperative Margot line I wrote you last night! I still repeat you were bloody, but do dine at Winstons & anyhow come & see me before dinner..."
"Sent Prime Minister an appreciation of the military situation in Dardanelles. This was a formidable document (dated April 12th) surveying all aspects of the forthcoming operation."