Friday, January 21, 1916
Rain
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Archive Silence
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In London
HIS DAYIn London (implied). Announced shortage of munitions workers
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-01-21Top News
Daily Edition
British forces suffered a defeat at the Battle of Hanna in Mesopotamia, losing 2,741 men and leaving the besieged garrison at Kut vulnerable.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
FS
Frances Stevenson
"Have been too busy to keep a diary lately—very long hours, and lots to do, & moreover the crisis has been so acute & so prolonged... The P.M. was in the hands of McKenna, Simon, & Co., who vowed they would resign if the Conscription Bill was brought in."