Wednesday, September 20, 1916

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Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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H.H. Asquith
Sutton Courtenay
HIS DAYAt The Wharf. Receiving Margot (who brought bags and papers from Downing St). Dealing with letters and telegrams regarding Raymond's death. Writing to Sylvia Henley (regarding visit to Mells)
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-09-20

Top News

Daily Edition

Russian General Aleksei Brusilov pushed the Imperial Russian Army to the Carpathian Mountains, marking the most successful Russian military operation of the war.. New Zealand forces occupied Flers Trench and repulsed a German counterattack.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Rendall spoke of Raymond. … He said he had always deplored Raymond’s kind of influence on certain types of young men... I sent a note from Downing St. to Gen. Sir J. Cowans begging for a War Office car..."

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"Dined with L. G. ... But we spent the greater part of the evening in singing Welsh hymns... He has brought back several amusing stories, one about General Congreve and a carrier pigeon."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"We were called at an unearthly hour and Beb went away. Another letter from Basil by second post. The Grenadiers are sending out a draft of twenty-one officers... Prospect terrifies me..."