Friday, December 8, 1916

Rain

Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

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
HIS DAYWriting to J.L. Garvin regarding the crisis
Venetia Stanley
London

Official Register

1916-12-08

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The Cavalry Division of India was established for the Mesopotamian campaign.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

HH
H. H. Asquith

"You wrote me a most kind and generous letter which I shall always treasure. ... No Prime Minister has ever been so loyally and efficiently served as I have been by you."

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"I enclose the Memorandum that I promised. It is the best that I can produce..."