Friday, July 21, 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
Map Unavailable
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H.H. Asquith

No correspondence or official record found.

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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-07-21

Top News

Daily Edition

A renewed British offensive to take Delville Wood was repelled by strong German defenses [7]. German artillery barrages stalled the British advance at High Wood [7]. German flying ace Otto Parschau was mortally wounded in aerial combat over France [7]

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"At the W.O. met Winston waiting to see L. G. Winston suggested I should drive home and have tea with him."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"The gentility of this establishment, the commercial hotel, beggars all description, and the landlady is the queen of snobs."