Thursday, August 17, 1916
Rain
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
1916-08-17Top News
Daily Edition
Romania signed the secret Treaty of Bucharest with the Allies.. British poet F. W. Harvey was captured by the Germans and imprisoned.. The Bulgarian First Army captured the cities of Lerin and Banitsa in Macedonia from Serbian forces.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Was called early and packed desperately... Came up to London... Lunched with Bluetooth. ... Helen Campbell... had written me an extraordinary letter to say they had been doing table-turning at Knebworth, and the name Yvo Charteris had been spelt out."