Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Sunny
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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Ireland
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-05-16Top News
Daily Edition
Great Britain and France concluded the secret Sykes–Picot Agreement to divide Ottoman territories.. The Dutch freighter SS Batavier V struck a mine in the English Channel, killing four.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
IN SESSION
>>Topics: Clause 1 Extension And Continued, Clause 12 Transfer Of Officers And Men, Wireless Operators Qualified Soldiers, Unattested Married Men Statistics, Clause 3 Modification Of Exceptions From, Sugar
Witness Observations
Diana Cooper
"Today was a dog day, unparalleled in beauty but of terrific devitalising heat... No. 2 regained a little lucidity... After I left you yesterday I went almost with you to the churches we wanted to see."