Thursday, September 21, 1916

Sunny

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

No correspondence or official record found.

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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-09-21

Top News

Daily Edition

Scouting parties at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette discovered that the Germans had surrendered two more key trenches to the British.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"L. G., Mrs. L. G., Megan, Davies the secretary, and I motored to Brighton, where we spent Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"When I came back from walk on the downs, at a quarter to seven... I saw pictures of the 'tanks' for the first time in an illustrated paper."