Saturday, March 11, 1916
Snow
Correspondence (0)
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No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
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London
HIS DAYWriting to Winston Churchill from 10 Downing Street
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-03-11Top News
Daily Edition
British and South African forces assaulted German defenses at the Battle of Latema Nek in East Africa.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"A lot more snow fell. ... I have been re-reading Jane Eyre with tremendous enjoyment."
FS
Frances Stevenson
"Nothing of great moment has happened lately. D. has quite recovered from his indisposition... but very depressed at the way we do not 'get on with the war'."
Lord Fisher
"I met an influential person yesterday who told me it was being “spread about” that I “fizzled out” at the War Council... and Balfour “wiped the floor with me”."