Monday, July 31, 1916
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-07-31Top News
After a month of fighting at the Battle of the Somme, German losses reached approximately 160,000, while Anglo-French casualties exceeded 200,000 [15]
Cabinet Council
Parliament
>>Topics: State of affairs in Ireland, Martial Law in Ireland
Witness Observations
"Starting this new diary in the third year of the war finds Henry’s position in the country and in the cabinet stronger than it has ever been. ... I am told by J. Morley and other Historians that no greater campaign of calumny was ever conducted against one man than that which has been and is being conducted against Henry by the Low gutter Northcliffe Press..."
"Grilling hot again. ... I went along to see John doing his lessons. ... After dinner we sat on the pier, which was most delicious."