Friday, September 8, 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
1916-09-08Top News
Daily Edition
South African troops were routed during an attempted flanking maneuver at the Battle of Kisaki.. The Bulgarian port city of Silistra was evacuated as Romanian forces closed in.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Rang up Basil and stipulated for a female escort for my lunch on guard. ... I went on to King's Guard, St James's Palace together. ... Just after Brenda and I had left yesterday an order came to say no more ladies were to be entertained on guard."