Monday, November 13, 1916

Cloudy

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

1916-11-13

Top News

Daily Edition

The Battle of the Ancre began with the British Fifth Army capturing Hawthorn Ridge.. Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes was expelled from the Labor Party over conscription.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

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Frances Stevenson

"D. still depressed: says that everything is in a muddle. ... Northcliffe is plotting to put himself in D.'s place at the W.O. ... I wanted D. to let me go to France with him tomorrow... but after reflection he said no..."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Nasty thick fog... Letter from Basil saying, alas, that they are moving. ... In the morning I at last wrote to Lawrence..."