Saturday, July 8, 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
1916-07-08Top News
The Russian Fourth Army launched a third attack against German forces in the Baranovichi Offensive but was repulsed [3]. The Russian hospital ship Vpered was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Black Sea, killing seven people [3]
Cabinet Council
Parliament
Witness Observations
"Had tea with Franklin Bouillon, the French M.P., at the Hyde Park Hotel. McKenna joined us."
"The Cabinet, after seeing Sir John French decided approximately as follows:—... (4) That pending the development of our munitions we must act mainly on the defensive..."
"When poor Beb arrived about 12.30, looking forward to the comfortable quarters he had chosen, he found me on the doorstep... We dined at Princess Hotel, right away in Hove, with Mr Balfour, Evan, and Ettie."