Friday, December 15, 1916
Snow
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
London
HIS DAYLeaving 10 Downing Street
Map Unavailable
?
Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-12-15Top News
Daily Edition
French forces launched a second offensive at Verdun, collapsing German defenses.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Margot Asquith
"6am Downing Street. My last day there. I am quite alone in this house. ... I have gone through deep, deep waters since Saturday, 2nd Dec. 1916."
Cynthia Asquith
"Bitter cold in London... Lunched with Bluetooth. Mingled our depressions. ... It is funny the way all the ministers have taken to their beds. I don’t believe Lloyd George will ever get up again."