WW1: 12 days to go – Austria delivers its ultimatum to Serbia; in Britain,...
July 23 1914: the first of many fateful days has come. Austria delivers its ultimatum to Serbia and demands an answer by 7pm on July 25. The tone of The Daily Telegraph report is sober but carries no...
View ArticleWW1: 11 days to go – Austria prepares for the ultimatum to be rejected, stock...
July 24 1914: Baron Giesl, Austria's minister in Belgrade, has been ordered to prepare to leave in the event of Serbia failing to comply with the Austrian ultimatum, and reservists have been told to be...
View ArticleWW1: 10 days to go – the strength of the Austrian and Serbian armies...
Because there was no Sunday paper in 1914, Telegraph readers had to wait until Monday July 27 to read about the events of Saturday July 25, but here is more of what they were reading in that Saturday's...
View ArticleWW1: 9 days to go – there is 'war fever' in Vienna, the City has a 'black...
July 26 1914: there are scenes of the 'greatest excitement' on the streets of Vienna as relations with Serbia worsen. 'The pregnant moment which politicians have probably long foreseen as inevitable is...
View ArticleWW1: 7 days to go – Austria declares war on Serbia, hopes are shared that a...
July 28 1914: And so it starts, though Britain will not join the fray for another week. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and the first skirmishes are reported. Hopes for the peace conference...
View ArticleWW1: 6 days to go – the Austrians bombard Belgrade, a 'war cloud' gathers...
July 29 1914: the first action of Austria-Hungary's war with Serbia is reported. Foreign diplomats and perhaps correspondents too have move themselves to Niš – or Nish – from where an account of the...
View ArticleWW1: 5 days to go – the bombardment of Belgrade continues, Russia begins...
July 30 1914: on a day when the clouds over Europe were to darken markedly, the Austrian bombardment of Belgrade continues. Serbian guns reply sporadically and an Austrian gunboat is damaged: The mood...
View ArticleWW1: 4 days to go –'martial law' declared in Germany; in Britain the bank...
July 31 1914: as Russia proceeds with mobilisation, 'martial law' is declared in Germany, the country's preliminary to a state of war: Rumours arrive in London of German troops crossing the French...
View ArticleWW1: 3 days to go – France and Germany mobilise, Germany declares war on Russia
August 1 1914: for a fuller version of how the day's events unfolded, have a look at this hour-by-hour account There is so much for The Daily Telegraph to report on August 1, the key dispatches being...
View ArticleWW1: 2 days to go – as Russo-German war begins, the German ambassador leaves...
August 2 1914: you can read a full, hour-by-hour account of the events of the day here but below are the highlights of The Daily Telegraph's coverage. Thank you, by the way, for the interesting...
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