Sunday, April 23, 1916
Light Rain
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Archive Silence
Map Unavailable
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H.H. Asquith
No correspondence or official record found.
Map Unavailable
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-04-23Top News
Daily Edition
The military council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood decided to begin an insurrection the following day, despite the cancellation of volunteer manoeuvres.. An Ottoman force defeated a British Indian cavalry unit at the Battle of Katia near the Suez Canal.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Rather fun tennis in the afternoon... I was victorious each time and ended up thirty shillings to the good from Papa."