July 27, 1914 ….Austrian ambassador in Germany reports to Foreign Minister Count Leopold von Berchtold that the German government would not support the idea of British Foreign Minister Grey’s mediation conference,

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Sazonov discusses the Austrian ultimatum with the A-H ambassador. He finds paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 to be unacceptable and hopes A-H will tone down its demands on Serbia; rejected by Austria

The German ambassador in London reports to his government Britain’s request for German pressure on Austria to accept the Serbian reply to the ultimatum and be “restrained from prosecuting a . . . foolhardy policy” of “crushing” Serbia that would surely escalate into an Austro-Russian conflict

The German Kaiser returns to Berlin from his interrupted Scandinavian cruise (though having been informed of developments during his absence from Berlin)

Britain decides to concentrate its fleet in home ports (i.e., be ready for action), a move that causes panic on the German stock exchange

Austrian Ambassador to St Petersburg, Freidrich Graf Szapary, cables Vienna that mobilization orders of the military districts of Kiev, Warsaw, Odessa and Moscow had been issued.