Wednesday, March 8, 1916
Snow
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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London
HIS DAYAt 10 Downing Street. Receiving a deputation
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-03-08Top News
Daily Edition
The British relief force failed to break through Ottoman lines at the Battle of Dujaila in Mesopotamia, sustaining 3,500 casualties.. The destroyer HMS Negro was launched in Jarrow.
Cabinet Council
MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: War Council meeting attended by Lord Fisher
Parliament
IN SESSION
>>Topics: Navy Estimates, Reply to Churchill by Balfour, Sir Arthur Markham's speech supporting Churchill
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Snowed all night. There’s no doubt it is depressing. ... The thought of Verdun and what is happening sickens one."
Margot Asquith
"Henry had a visit from K., who told him that Winston had sent in his resignation... H. told me he had won, and that Winston would stick to his regiment..."