Friday, November 17, 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
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HIS DAYReturning to London from Paris
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Dulverton
HER DAYWrote to Edwin Montagu
Official Register
1916-11-17Top News
Daily Edition
British forces attacked and briefly held Serre, France.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Venetia Montagu
"Will You Send motor Paddington 1.30 Tomorrow hope things are better"
Cynthia Asquith
"Bitter cold day with torturing east wind. ... Long letter from Basil describing horrible scenes of desolation through which he was marching up to his knees in mud. ... Beb’s arm very stiff from his inoculation."