Sunday, July 2, 1916
Sunny
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Archive Silence
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H.H. Asquith
No correspondence or official record found.
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-07-02Top News
Daily Edition
British forces captured the village of Fricourt and 1,625 German prisoners, sustaining 8,791 casualties over 48 hours.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Lord Riddell
"Lunched with Max Aitken at Cherkley Court. Found Winston there painting a landscape. He at once wanted my opinion of the great offensive which started three days ago on the Western Front."
Cynthia Asquith
"Ghastly awakening. She began moaning in her sleep, ‘Don’t let me wake up to this ghastly day—I don’t want to wake up!’ . . . Beb and I had early dinner and then he went away to Brighton."