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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1914~~1916 (Tuesday)== Noyelle: Eight Officers and 218 [[other ranks]] involved in running [[fatigues]] at the {{wl\|Hohenzollern Redoubt}} for the Hairpin Mines. ~~===Precursor to British Declaration of War===~~ A draft of 89 other ranks join the Battalion during the morning. [[King George]] wires to Tsar that Germany recommended British proposals to Austria on [[30 July]], but that Russian mobilisation was reported during Austrian Cabinet meeting. Russia does not reply to German ultimatum expiring at noon. French mobilisation ordered 3.40 p.m. Germany, having ostensibly ordered general mobilisation 5 p.m., declares war on Russia 7.10 p.m.; makes out that Russians had crossed frontier in afternoon and begun war. (Declaration drafted before noon.) Tsar wires to King George that he had to mobilise on account of Serbia; but that though he had promised [[Kaiser]] he would not move [[troops]] during negotiations, Germany had suddenly declared war. Austria at last moment appears accommodating to England. Italy declines to take part in war, as being an aggressive one. [[Sir Edward Grey]] protests against detention of British ships in Hamburg. Belgium announces her intention of upholding her neutrality.<ref>Note presented to the various European Governments stating that Belgium proposed to carry out strictly her obligations under the Treaty of London, and had mobilised her [[army]] to defend her neutrality and her international obligations.</ref> ==1917 (Wednesday)== ~~==References/notes==~~ Coxyde: Duties impossible due to heavy rain all day. ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ Regimental Medical Officer Captain Anderson in orders for the [[Distinguished Service Order]] <small>(DSO)</small> for his work on [[9 July\|9]], [[10 July\|10]] and [[11 July]]. ~~{{reflist}}~~ Lieut. Cook-Gray for the Military Cross <small>(MC)</small> on the same date. <br/> <!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->{{acks}} <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|214]]