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The July Crisis Anniversary Project A day-by-day account of the events

that occurred 100 years ago.

Gray areas. Today is the 27th July 2014, and on this day in history 100 years ago, occurred the following events.

When Germany's Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Holweg, arrived in Berlin on Saturday

night, the 25th of July, he was brought as far up to speed as possible by the overwhelmed

German foreign office.

Serbia and Austria were mobilizing that much was known, and Russia was rumored to be undertaking

measures of her own, surely

to strike against Austria if it attacked Serbia.

It could not be known for sure if Russia, as of yet, was merely mobilising for show, as she

had done before during the Balkan Wars, or if this time the intent was genuine to attack

the Habsburgs. French and British signs were unsure at best, so long as the former statesman remained at sea and the latter statesman remained focused on Ireland.

To Bethman though, two things were clear.

The first was that the German hope for a localized war between Austria and Serbia appeared unlikely,

and the second was that he

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