Monday, October 9, 1916
Rain
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Archive Silence
Map Unavailable
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H.H. Asquith
No correspondence or official record found.
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-10-09Top News
Daily Edition
The 1st Canadian Division failed to recapture the Regina Trench, suffering 770 casualties.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"To my astonishment, after a mutual cut in the Queen’s Restaurant, I received a letter from Augustus John asking me to come and sit to him. ... I went down to Crowhurst by 5.50 to stay with Tiggy..."