24 July

From The Great War 1914-1918

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1914

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

References/notes

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)

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