Wednesday, March 22, 1916
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Official Register
1916-03-22Top News
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The German advance at the Battle of Verdun ended after costing 81,607 casualties.[7]. The Royal Navy ship HMS Farnborough shelled and sank the German submarine SM U-68, killing all 38 crew.[7]. Yuan Shikai abdicated as temporary Emperor of China, restoring the Republic of China.[7]. J. R. R. Tolkien married Edith Bratt at St. Mary's Church in Warwick.[7]
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>>Topics: Air Service (Pemberton Billing's charges)
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Very depressed and shrinking from life in the morning... We went for a walk in the afternoon. He appalled me by saying that... he would never return to the Bar but intended to become a novelist!"