World War One Diary for Monday, August 3, 1914: POLITICS: BELGIUM The Belgian government rejects the German ultimatum (0700 hours) demanding that its forces have free passage through Belgian territory […]
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World War One Diary for Sunday, August 2, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY Ultimatum is delivered to Belgium at 1900 hours demanding that German forces be allowed to move through Belgian terriÂtory
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World War One Diary for Saturday, August 1, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA at 1910 hours after Russia has ignored ultimatum. ORDERING OF MOBILIZATION of men aged
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World War One Diary for Friday, July 31, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY GERMANY DECLARES IMMINENT DANGER OF WAR ALERT AT MIDNIGHT, ISSUES ULTIMATUMS TO RUSSIA AND FRANCE. Russia is told that
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World War One Diary for Thursday, July 30, 1914: POLITICS: RUSSIA Tsar signs general mobilization order. First day actually August 4. Russian fleets mobilize. Zemstvos Union of rural councils formed.
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 29, 1914: BALKANS FRONTS In the first engagement of what will become World War One, AustroÂ-Hungarian warships on the Danube River bombard Belgrade,
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 28, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA at noon. Emperor Francis Joseph signs with tears in his eyes. Manifesto declares no
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World War One Diary for Monday, July 27, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austrian Foreign Minister Berchtold refuses to take Serb ultimatum reply as basis for future discussions. Austria decides to declare
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World War One Diary for Sunday, July 26, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austria begins to mobilize 8 corps on Russian frontier. Count Berchtold adopts German idea of immediate war declaration despite
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World War One Diary for Saturday, July 25, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austria refuses to extend ultimatum 48 hours for Russia who says she ‘cannot remain indifferent’. POLITICS: SERBIA Serb Crown
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World War One Diary for Friday, July 24, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Prince Alexander of Serbia cables Tsar for help. Russian and Serb Councils of Ministers meet. Latter receive Sazonov telegram
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World War One Diary for Thursday, July 23, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA presented at Belgrade by Austrian Minister Baron Giesl. Agreement to its 10 points demanded within
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 22, 1914: POLITICS: RUSSIA Russian Foreign Minister Sazonov warns Vienna against drastic action against Serbia. POLITICS: GERMANY Austrian Berlin Ambassador shows German Foreign
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 21, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Conference at Ischl and Budapest on Serbia: Francis Joseph tells Finance Minister ‘Russia cannot swallow it. There’s no mistake
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World War One Diary for Monday, July 20, 1914: POLITICS: RUSSIA Tsar welcomes French President Poincare at Kronstadt naval base west of St Petersburg, evening banquet at Peterhof Palace. POLITICS:
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