Wednesday, February 16, 1916

Rain

Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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H.H. Asquith

No correspondence or official record found.

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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-02-16

Top News

Daily Edition

Russian forces captured the city of Erzurum from the Ottoman Empire, inflicting 17,000 casualties while sustaining 9,000 of their own [4].. The 54th Australian Battalion was established as part of the First Australian Imperial Force's expansion [4].

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Air-raid defence, Air service policy

Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"General French came to see D. this morning—still on the subject of air!—D. says he is very pessimistic about the state of affairs."