Tuesday, September 19, 1916
Rain
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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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Somerset
HIS DAYDriving to Mells, Somerset
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-09-19Top News
Daily Edition
The Russian-Romanian Dobruja Army defeated the Bulgarian Third Army at the First Battle of Cobadin.. A New Zealand force pushed to occupy the key German trench at Flers.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Lord Riddell
"L. G. back from France, where he has been for a few days. ... He said he was dreading the voyage over the Channel... His old uncle is breaking up, which worries him."
Cynthia Asquith
"Heartbreaking day. Came downstairs in high spirits, opened newspaper... I have relinquished all hope and expect no one to survive. Katharine is the most awful thought..."