Friday, August 18, 1916
Heavy 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
1916-08-18Top News
Daily Edition
British and South African forces launched further attacks on Delville Wood with mixed results.. Bulgarian forces repulsed Allied assaults on Doiran Lake in Serbia, inflicting 3,200 casualties on French and British units.. British forces failed to take High Wood near Bazentin, suffering over 100 casualties.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"I am sitting out at Pixton. ... Had a talk with Miss Quinn. John has been doing his lessons well, but otherwise, in general conduct, Miss Quinn thinks he has ‘gone back’."