Sunday, August 8, 1915
Rain
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No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
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At North Berwick/Archerfield
HIS DAYAt North Berwick/Archerfield (Scotland)
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Venetia Stanley
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Official Register
1915-08-08Top News
Daily Edition
General Ian Hamilton urged General Frederick Stopford to speed up the advance at Suvla Bay.. British submarine HMS E11 torpedoed and sank the Ottoman battleship Barbaros Hayreddin.. The British armed merchant cruiser SS India was sunk by a U-boat off Norway.. The British armed boarding steamer SS The Ramsey was sunk in the North Sea by the German auxiliary cruiser Meteor.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Lord Riddell
"Long talk with L. G. on the military position, conscription, etc. He said he had made up his mind to tackle the subject in the Cabinet on Tuesday."