Thursday, August 10, 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
No correspondence or official record found.
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-08-10Top News
Daily Edition
The official documentary film 'The Battle of the Somme' premiered in London.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
IN SESSION
>>Topics: Naval policy (Churchill's speech)
Witness Observations
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Frances Stevenson
"People are very pleased with D.'s speech to the Canadians last Monday... He himself is rather attracted by Sir Sam Hughes, who he says is a courageous and powerful man..."
Cynthia Asquith
"Whibbles arrived after tea. He told us that, when it was suggested to Sarah Bernhardt that she should act the part of Hamlet, she asked what happened to him at the end of the play."