Tuesday, May 18, 1915

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Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYLondon. Forming Coalition Government. Wrote to Montagu about 'whetting the pole-axe'
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ

Official Register

1915-05-18

Top News

Daily Edition

The 1st Canadian Division failed to progress against the German line at the Battle of Festubert.. British submarine HMS E11 infiltrated Turkish waters.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Pedlars Licences Scotland, School Attendance Agricultural Districts, War Strain, Disturbances In Travancore India, Soldiers And Sailors Pensions And, Agriculture Scotland Fund

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"I ran across to 11 Downing St. to see Ll.G. He was out, but I saw his wife. ... Jack Tennant told me... Kitchener thinks Sir John French's staff is composed entirely of fools."

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Frances Stevenson

"C. had a bomb ready for me yesterday. ... 'Well Pussy', he said to me, 'I'm leaving this place!' ... At any rate he means to make a fuss over the state of ammunition & high explosives..."