Thursday, August 24, 1916
Light 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
HIS DAYAttending a conference at Calais
Map Unavailable
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-08-24Top News
Daily Edition
German airship L 31 bombed southeast London, killing nine civilians.. British armed steamer Duke of Albany was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Soft rain fell practically all day... Sat out and read during an interval in the rain—am immensely enjoying Barchester Towers... Pleasant tête-à-tête dinner with Mary..."