Monday, October 11, 1915

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H.H. Asquith
London
HIS DAYChairing Dardanelles Committee meeting
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1915-10-11

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Commanding officers began discussing evacuating troops from the beachheads at Gallipoli due to the stalemate.. The No. 31 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was established in Farnborough.

Cabinet Council

MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: The Dardanelles (Object of operations; force necessary; cutting Germans off from the East), Salonica, Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, Approaching Russia regarding an arrangement with Turks

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

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Frances Stevenson

"The situation grows daily more grave. The Germans seem to have made up their minds to force their way through the Dardanelles. Bulgaria has apparently been pledged to Germany for a long time."

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"War Committee in afternoon to discuss Balkan imbroglio. ... Decision to send a substantial force . . . to Alexandretta... Saw Lord Stamfordham at Buckingham Palace..."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Beb and I went by early train. ... I read the whole of Lawrence's last novel The Rainbow... We are staying at Bruton Street..."