Tuesday, February 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.

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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-02-08

Top News

Daily Edition

The French cruiser Amiral Charner was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Egypt, resulting in the death of 427 sailors [3].. The University of Fort Hare was officially opened in South Africa by Prime Minister Louis Botha [3].

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"D. had Gwynne, the Editor of The Morning Post to lunch."