Saturday, May 8, 1915
Cloudy
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Londonⓘ
HIS DAYThe Wharf
Londonⓘ
HER DAYAt Mansfield Street. Preparing to go to nursing on Monday
Official Register
1915-05-08Top News
Daily Edition
New Zealand and British forces were pushed back at the Second Battle of Krithia, ending the battle.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Margot Asquith
"Frances Horner and my (stepdaughter-in-law) Katharine came in, in great agitation, to say Edward Horner was dangerously wounded in abdomen and they wanted passports to get out to him at once."
Cynthia Asquith
"Papers full of Lusitania. They think 1,500 have been drowned... It shows vividly how one's standards have altered... We telephoned to Anne Islington and she made inquiries about poor Edward. It sounds, very, very bad..."