Wednesday, May 31, 1916
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Correspondence (0)
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H.H. Asquith
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Venetia Stanley
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Official Register
1916-05-31Top News
Daily Edition
The Battle of Jutland began between the Royal Navy Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea.. British battlecruisers HMS Invincible, HMS Indefatigable, and HMS Queen Mary were sunk with heavy loss of life.
Cabinet Council
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Parliament
IN SESSION
>>Topics: Manpower (WSC speech)
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Basil came to see me... Alas, he seems really to have succeeded in getting himself into the Grenadiers—I wish he wouldn’t be so obstinate..."
Lord Riddell
"Nicoll tells me that Fisher has written some most incendiary letters to Jellicoe and the Emperor of Russia."