Wednesday, August 2, 1916

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Correspondence (0)

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No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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H.H. Asquith
London
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-08-02

Top News

Daily Edition

A Bristol Scout from HMS Vindex made the first carrier-based interception of an airship.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

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Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"The Irish are clearly not going to rest until the Government is out. ... There is in formation at the W.O. a first-class scandal. Mrs. Cornwallis West has been using her influence... to get sent to the front a boy whom she had made love to..."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Basil came down for the day to see me. ... We bathed together. ... We dined at the St James’s."