Wednesday, August 9, 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
1916-08-09Top News
An Austro-Hungarian aircraft sank British submarine HMS B-10, the first time aircraft successfully sank such a vessel.
Cabinet Council
Parliament
>>Topics: Shooting Of Constable Frith, National Galleries Scotland Class Iv, Hay Prices, Dublin Metropolitan Police, Russian Jews, Enemy Air Raids
Witness Observations
"D. dined with me last night... He told me a story about Smith-Dorrien's dismissal... Montagu still writes letters every day to D. in a crawling style..."
"Very disappointed to get note from Basil saying that, after all, he couldn't get leave to come down to Brighton. ... Eileen came by appointment at 11.30. She has engaged herself to a penniless artist in the Flying Corps."