Tuesday, July 4, 1916
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
H.H. Asquith
No correspondence or official record found.
Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-07-04Top News
The last resisting Ottoman garrison in Mecca surrendered to Arab forces after three weeks of fighting [1]. Imperial Russian Army troops clashed with Polish Legions allied with Austria-Hungary at the Battle of Kostiuchnówka in Galicia [1]. American poet and soldier Alan Seeger was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme [1]
Cabinet Council
Parliament
>>Topics: Railway Supply Department, Infantry Subalterns Pay, Barley Scandinavian Imports, British Prisoners In Bulgaria And Turkey, Military Service Conscientious Objectors, Central Control Board Liquor Traffic
Witness Observations
"Oh, the waking up to that desolate, desolate feeling! I went round to Letty, copied out that lovely letter from Ego and left her with it."