Monday, October 16, 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.

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

1916-10-16

Top News

Daily Edition

T. E. Lawrence was sent on an intelligence mission to the Hejaz, where he met Faisal, a leader of the Arab Revolt.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"We were at Walton Heath yesterday.—D. examining the Dardanelles papers, which he has to give evidence on before the Commission shortly. ... D. is passionately in favour of saving Roumania at all costs..."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Dear Bluetooth meekly turned up for lunch at the Hyde Park Hotel. Angela was looking pretty bad. ... D. H. Lawrence came to see me at five, looking very gaunt. Last Friday the police searched their house..."