Monday, May 22, 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.
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London
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Venetia Stanley
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Official Register
1916-05-22Top News
Daily Edition
Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated a Sudanese force at the village of Beringia near El Fasher.. The Royal Flying Corps bombed military camps along the Suez Canal front.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Letter arrived... saying Kitchener was trying to get Beb an appointment in France... He was annoyed, saying he couldn’t possibly accept a Staff job until he had had some further training..."
Maurice Hankey
"I wrote a strong letter to Ll. George warning him that a crisis would arise with the French if the reinforcement of the B.E.F. in France... was not being provided."