Friday, November 5, 1915

Cloudy

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
HIS DAYReceived letter from Bonar Law regarding the evacuation of the Dardanelles
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1915-11-05

Top News

Daily Edition

British armed boarding steamer Tara was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea.. The No. 27 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was established at Hounslow Heath Aerodrome.. The 'March of the Dungarees' recruitment campaign was organized across Australia.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Made a Titanic effort and answered poor Lawrence’s last extraordinary letter about the war in which... he tries to convince me that we ought to ‘down tools’. He appears to think that I could stop the war, if only I really wanted to!"