WW I: German Armies Deep in Belgium; Belgian Army Retreats to Antwerp; Wilson Calls for Neutrality
On August 18, King Albert (and commander in chief of the army) ordered a general retreat of the Belgian army …
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WW I: Last Day of French Exuberance
August 15, 1914, London Daily Telegraph Ω British troop transports make 137 separate crossings of the Channel from August 14 …
Beware of Pity – Says Forgotten Austrian Novelist
“Beware of Pity.” Who would think to proffer such advice, in a novel no less, repeatedly and in great detail? …
WW I: German Siege Guns Terrify Liège
“By late afternoon of August 12, one of the German army’s [enormous 420 mm siege guns, 24 feet long, weighing …
WW I: Austria Invades Russian Poland;
France and Britain Declare War on Austria-Hungary
WW I: August 9: Premature Cheering
The German advance army crossed into Belgium on the 4th of August and was greatly surprised by Belgian resistance along …
WW I: Massive Peace Demonstration in Glasgow
Sunday, August 9, 1914, 5000 gather in Glasgow to shout down the just declared war. George Hardie [Scottish Labor politician …
WW I: Belgians and Germans — The Shooting Begins
The first day of actual fighting brought excited reports of German losses to the pages of the conservative Daily …
WW I: Did not Begin by ‘Slithering Over the Brink”
So today it all began, the war that took 8.5 million lives, and wounded 21.2 million more, that began the …
WW I – the Numbers
WW I: Germany into Belgium, France. Britain Declares War
1914 4 August – 8:02 AM Germans invade Belgium 1914 4 August – 9 AM King Alfred meets Belgian parliament …
WW I: Belgium Refuses German Demand; Germany Declares War on France
August 3, 1914: Germany’s ultimatum is rejected by the Belgian Government, stating that: “The Belgian Government, if they were to accept the proposals …