Wednesday, May 24, 1916
Rain
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H.H. Asquith
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Venetia Stanley
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Official Register
1916-05-24Top News
Daily Edition
A French assault to retake Fort Douaumont at Verdun failed, resulting in 5,640 casualties and 1,000 prisoners taken by the Germans [6].
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
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Parliament
IN SESSION
>>Topics: Air Board
Witness Observations
Diana Cooper
"I have one advantage over your sister Steffie in that I do not have to retire for an hour daily to think on you... There is a woman here... who has lost her memory..."
Maurice Hankey
"War Ctee. . . in morning. Frightful row about a minute by the Army Council threatening to resign if the War Committee insisted on an inquiry into the peace question."