Montenegro declares war on Germany The Togoland Campaign begins. French and British troops invade the…
Admin@WW1August 9, 2014
The British Expeditionary Force arrives in France The Battle of the Frontiers starts. The battle…
Admin@WW1August 7, 2014
William Henry McCarthy.Image courtesy Margaret Purcell. William Henry McCarthy was living in Store Creek near…
Admin@WW1August 6, 2014
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia Serbia declares war on Germany
Admin@WW1August 6, 2014
Major-General William Throsby Bridges is appointed to command the proposed Australian military force, which he…
Admin@WW1August 5, 2014
Germany invades Belgium Great Britain declares war on the German Empire and its allies Australia…
Admin@WW1August 4, 2014
Germany declares war on France Belgium refuses to allow German arms through to the French…
Admin@WW1August 3, 2014
Germany invades Luxembourg Germany begins to lays siege to the French town of Longwy near…
Admin@WW1August 2, 2014
Hostilities between Austria-Hungary and Serbia had been escalating following the June 28 assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke…
Admin@WW1August 1, 2014