Sunday, October 1, 1916
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
H.H. Asquith
No correspondence or official record found.
Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-10-01Top News
The British Fourth Army launched its final offensive in the Battle of the Somme at Le Transloy.. The British Reserve Army attacked German defenses along the Ancre River, capturing part of the Regina Trench.. Royal Flying Corps pilot W. J. Tempest shot down German airship L 31 outside London, killing commander Heinrich Mathy.. Dublin Mean Time was abolished, synchronizing Irish clocks with British time.
Cabinet Council
Parliament
Witness Observations
"Dined with L. G. at Walton. ... On Friday appeared L. G.’s remarkable interview with an American journalist, in which he warned neutrals against interference. ... L. G.: 'The article in the Morning Post was an ill-conditioned thing.'"
"My machine and I covered a tremendous lot of ground this day. ... I was dining with Tonks and had determined on the great adventure of bicycling there—I started at seven so as to have a chance of arriving before the raid began."