Monday, October 2, 1916
Heavy Rain
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
1916-10-02Top News
Daily Edition
British forces assaulted the north side of the Schwaben Redoubt on the Ancre Heights.. German forces recaptured the Regina Trench from Canadian troops.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Oddly enough the raid that had seemed so much less effective had been the worst and the damage achieved was near where I was. ... Whibley called for me to lunch... His ardour and attentions were most trying. I wish he wouldn’t quote Donne and call me ‘his Newfoundland’."