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The July Crisis Anniversary Project A day-by-day account of the events that occurred 100 years ago.

Still in the dark.

Today is the 3rd of August 2014, and on this day in history 100 years ago, occurred the following events.

By the morning of Monday, the 3rd of August, 1914, word had reached the major capitals of the world about the ultimatum Germany had sent the night before to Belgium, which requested an essential Belgian sovereignty sacrifice so that Germany could acquire a free hand to launch its Schlefen

plan. Having already occupied Luxembourg the day before, German Chancellor Bethmann

Holwig, knew by now that there was no going back for German policy. For the Schleven

plan to take effect, Germany would have to get an answer from Belgium and shortly declare war

on France.

These were the items on the German Chancellor's to-do list when he awoke on the morning of

the 3rd of August. But for his British counterparts, the day appeared to be just as significant.

Across the channel, as the British Cabinet met that morning at 11am, following a weekend

of stress for both the Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gray and the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, the gravity of the situation was palpable.

Everyone at the government meeting knew that Grey was going to address the House of Commons, Britain's Parliament, at 3pm that day, and everyone knew that he would make an announcement

about British policy now that news of Germany's ultimatum to Belgium was common knowledge.

Despite the gravity of this situation though and the essential need of Grey and others

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