| DATE | AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | GERMANY | RUSSIA | FRANCE | GREAT BRITAIN | SERBIA | |
| 28.6 | FRANZ FERDINAND SHOT. Click here. | ||||||
| 5.7 | WILHELM'S BLANK CHECK. Click here. | ||||||
| 23.7 | ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA. Click here. | POINCARE IN ST. PETERSBURG | |||||
| 25.7 | PROMISES NOT TO ANNEX SERBIAN TERRITORY | Wilhelm II: "With this all reasons for war are gone. A great moral victory for Vienna." |
"SERBIA MUST NOT BE ATTACKED BY AUSTRIA" | PROMISES SUPPORT TO RUSSIA | REJECTS
ULTIMATUM.
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| 26.7 | PROPOSES CONFERENCE: FRANCE ACCEPTS, AUSTRIA REFUSES | ||||||
| 28.7 | DECLARATION
OF WAR ON SERBIA.
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| 29.7 | BELGRADE BOMBARDED | PRESSURE
ON AUSTRIA TO NEGOTIATE: "NICKI" WARNS "WILLI." Click
here.
ATTEMPT TO WIN BRITISH NEUTRALITY |
GENERAL MOBILILIZATION; NICHOLAS CANCELS; ORDERS PARTIAL MOBILIZATION | ||||
| 30.7 | FULL MOBILIZATION | ||||||
| 31.7 | 12-HOUR ULTIMATUM AGAINST RUSSIA; INQUIRY ABOUT FRENCH INTENTIONS | ||||||
| 1.8 | OFFERS NOT TO ATTACK FRANCE IF ENGLAND WILL GUARANTEE FRENCH NEUTRALITY. 4:00 MOBILIZATION. 7:00 DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA. | RESPONSE: "WHAT IS IN FRENCH INTERESTS." 3:55 MOBILIZATION AGAINST GERMANY | |||||
| 2.8 | PROMISES NAVAL SUPPORT TO FRANCE | PROMISES SUPPORT TO FRANCE | |||||
| 3.8 | DECLARES WAR ON FRANCE; INVADES THROUGH BELGIUM | ||||||
| 4.8 | DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY | ||||||
| 6.8 | DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA | DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY | |||||
| 12.8 | DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA | DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA |
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