Saturday, January 8, 1916
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
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H.H. Asquith
No correspondence or official record found.
Map Unavailable
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-01-08Top News
Daily Edition
British forces successfully captured Sheikh Sa'ad in Mesopotamia, though at a cost of 4,400 casualties.. The battle cruiser HMS Repulse was launched in Clydebank, Scotland.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Maurice Hankey
"Spent whole week in almost daily meetings of the P.M.'s Military and Finance Ctee. ... Spent intervals in seeing members of Ctee. and witnesses and in writing a huge report..."