Tuesday, August 31, 1915
Cloudy
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Archive Silence
Map Unavailable
HIS DAYPresiding over Dardanelles Committee meeting (London)
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1915-08-31Top News
Daily Edition
No specific UK news reported in sources.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Maurice Hankey
"When I said goodbye to you on August 19th I told you that I anticipated great difficulty in giving a correct picture of the situation at the Dardanelles to my Chiefs. ... As soon as I left the Dardanelles, therefore, I set to work to try and compose a report..."
Cynthia Asquith
"Took John to Drem at eight o'clock to meet Beb, who was back on 'short leave'. ... He looks well but distinctly strained... They have been having a very bad time—dysentery, poisoned water, and ceaseless tension."