Saturday, April 22, 1916
Sunny
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H.H. Asquith
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Cheshire
Official Register
1916-04-22Top News
Daily Edition
The British failed to capture Sannaiyat in Mesopotamia, suffering 1,200 casualties and sealing the fate of the garrison at Kut.. The Royal Flying Corps established No. 70 Squadron.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Watched Venetia dressing. ... They motored off to Alderley... Beb and I strolled for lunch. Too miserable to see the awful havoc wrought by the storm."
Lord Riddell
"Balfour asked me about Zaharoff... I told him Zaharoff's history... Both B. and Lansdowne were very affable. B. is a charming host and remarkably youthful..."