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30th July
The tsar orders a full mobilisation of the Russian army.
31st July
Panic in the financial markets as the Bank of England is forced to close.
1st August
The German government receives word that Britain will remain neutral.
2nd August
The British cabinet is split over whether to join the war.
3rd August
The British foreign secretary speaks in favour of war at the House of Commons.
4th August
Britain declares war on Germany.
5th August
Advertisements in British newspapers urge the public to enlist in the army.
6th August
German Zeppelins bomb the Belgian city of Liege, the first air attack on a European city.
7th August
British Trade Unions announce they will not oppose the war.
8th August
The French army declares a victory in their lost province of Alsace.
1914: Day by Day - Omnibus
Episode 1
The world reacts to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
Episode 2
The British are preoccupied by Suffragette protests and tensions over Irish Home Rule.
Episode 3
Margaret Macmillan looks through accounts of the events leading up to the First World War.
Episode 4
Margaret Macmillan tells the story of the events leading up to the First World War.
Episode 5
Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia threatens to drag all of Europe into a war.
Episode 6