Saturday, January 1, 1916
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London
Cheshire
Official Register
1916-01-01Top News
Daily Edition
Allied forces occupied Jaunde, the capital of German Cameroon, in the Second Battle of Jaunde.. The British troop ship Geelong sank in the Mediterranean Sea after a collision, with all hands rescued.. The Royal Army Medical Corps performed the first successful blood transfusion using stored and cooled blood.
Cabinet Council
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Parliament
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Adjourned
Witness Observations
Venetia Montagu
"Send Catharine some divine flowers from us both please"