24 July

Events preceding British Declaration of War

 * Serbia appeals to Tsar. Russian Cabinet Council meets.  Sir Edward Grey says: "...never before seen one State address to another independent State a document of so formidable a character".  He at once proposes four-Power (Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy) mediation.
 * Revolutionary movements in St. Petersburg.
 * Failure of Home Rule Conference announced: Irish deadlock.

1915

 * - German attack near Hooge repulsed. Dunkirk bombarded. French capture positions in Ban-de-Sapt (Vosges).
 * - Austrian attacks on Luznica Ridge (Julian) repulsed.
 * - Turks defeated outside Nasriya (Euphrates).
 * - Strikes and German outrages in Munition factories irritate public opinion in USA.