Monday, July 17, 1916
Light Rain
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
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H.H. Asquith
No correspondence or official record found.
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-07-17Top News
Daily Edition
British forces captured all of Ovillers and Bazentin Ridge but suffered over 9,000 casualties in the latter operation.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
IN SESSION
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Witness Observations
Maurice Hankey
"Our military authorities say that the only way to win the war is to beat the Germans in the west... But supposing you can't beat the Germans in the west?"