Wednesday, December 8, 1915
Sunny
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London
HIS DAYAudience with the King. Cabinet meeting (decision on Gallipoli)
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1915-12-08Top News
Daily Edition
Bulgarians broke through British-French lines at the Battle of Kosturino.. John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields' was published in Punch.
Cabinet Council
MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: Gallipoli (Decision to evacuate Suvla and Anzac), Retention of Cape Helles for the present
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"At last a lovely day to look at! Letter from Basil at Holker... Just now all the news is bad... Baghdad and Salonika are both locally as serious as can be."