Thursday, August 19, 1915
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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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London
HIS DAYChairing Dardanelles Committee meeting
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1915-08-19Top News
Daily Edition
Casualties for the British and ANZAC forces at the Battle of Chunuk Bair were estimated at over 12,000.. The British liner Arabic was sunk by a German U-boat, killing 47 people.. HMS Baralong shelled and sank the German submarine U-27.
Cabinet Council
MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: Dardanelles Committee: Future of operations, Whether to renew attacks, Forces available
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Maurice Hankey
"The whole of the 19th was spent in going round the various offices of the army... After dining with Sir Ian Hamilton I went off at 10 o'clock in the gale to the ship Imogene..."