Wednesday, October 18, 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
London
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-10-18

Top News

Daily Edition

British casualties for the Battle of the Somme reached nearly 58,000 for the month of October.. German machine-gun fire halted the British advance beyond the Butte de Warlencourt.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"D. leaves for France tomorrow, to attend a Conference at Boulogne with French Ministers on the subject of Policy in the Balkans. The Prime Minister, Balfour and Grey are also going."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Went to McEvoy at 9.30. ... I told McEvoy my Sylvia Strayte scheme. He was absolutely horrified... and warned me of white slavery and blackmail."