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Austria-Hungary plans to attack Serbia, in response to the assassination of the archduke, and seeks a guarantee of German support
Germany promises to support Austria-Hungary if a strike against Serbia provokes war with Russia
Erskine Childers sails his own yacht from Germany to Ireland with 900 rifles and 14,000 rounds of ammunition for the Irish Volunteers
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, following this with bombardment of the Serbian capital, Belgrade
The Austrian attack on Serbia causes Russia to mobilize her army
In response to the tsar's mobilization of his troops, Germany declares war on Russia
Germany and the Ottoman empire sign a secret treaty of alliance
German troops move into Luxembourg and demand passage through neutral Belgium
With her troops already poised to attack, Germany declares war on France
Italy declares neutrality amid the rush of other major European powers into war
German troops invade Belgium, violating her guaranteed neutrality
Bound by treaty to defend Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany
With five major European nations committed within a few days to hostilities, World War I begins
The new republican government of Portugal offers Britain support in the war
Spain declares a policy of neutrality in the rapidly developing European war
A small British Expeditionary Force is rushed across the Channel to Boulogne
France declares war on the empire of Austria-Hungary
Britain declares war on the empire of Austria-Hungary
A Germany army reaches and enters the Belgian capital, Brussels
Japan, with her own local agenda in the far east, declares war on Germany
The British Expeditionary Force fights a rearguard action to escape encirclement by the Germans at Mons
A German army encircles and almost annihilates a larger Russian force at Tannenberg
British and French forces invade the German colony of Togoland
from August - Serbian forces repel two Austrian invasions of their territory
from August - the German cruiser Emden carries out successful raids on British shipping in the seas around India
