Wednesday, March 15, 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
London
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-03-15

Top News

Daily Edition

Austria-Hungary declared war on Portugal.[3]. General Luigi Cadorna halted the Italian offensive in the Fifth Battle of the Isonzo due to wet weather conditions.[3]. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ordered 12,000 troops across the border to pursue Pancho Villa, with the 13th Cavalry Regiment entering Mexican territory.[3]

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
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Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Medically Rejected Men, Petrol Supply, Foreign Margarine, Steamship Uganda, Coal Prices, Enemy Aircraft Raids

Witness Observations

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"I went up to London by 10.30. ... Basil came to see me. ... his visit coincided with a most awful fit of nervous depression... Dined Downing Street. Visited P.M. in bed with bronchitis..."

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"To dinner with Nicoll and Donald. Much rivalry between them in showing letters from the Duchess of Hamilton in support of Fisher's claims."