Friday, June 2, 1916

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No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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H.H. Asquith
HIS DAYIn France. Motoring to French HQ. Conference with Joffre, Foch, and French
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-06-02

Top News

Daily Edition

German artillery shelled the Canadian Corps at Mont Sorrel in Belgium, killing Major-General Malcolm Mercer.. Jack Cornwell, a 16-year-old sailor, died from wounds received at Jutland; he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Diana Cooper
Diana Cooper

"Today I took a florid buxom young girl's nightdress off... and there on her firm white arm I saw... My brother-officer said that Lloyd George was not what he called a clever man. ... I have been out riding all today..."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Beb and I went to the Goupil Gallery... While I was dressing Papa... told me our Fleet had been smashed in the North Sea... Dined with Venetia..."

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"The Naval Battle. … The Germans with their usual care of detail & organizing foresight got their news of triumphant victory over the British fleet into America as well as their own country long before we did."

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"News of great naval battle of Jutland, from which it appears that we have suffered a severe reverse."