11th August
Republic of France declares war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Britain declares that general mobilization of its armed forces is complete.
German cruisers Goeben and Breslau are sold to the Ottoman Empire for 80 million Marks. They will be crewed by Germans.
"Goeben" and "Breslau" enter Dardanelles.
German press declares that the Battle of Mulhouse is Germany’s first victory in the war.
Fort de Lantin and Fort d'Évegnée, two of the Liège forts, falls to German troops.
Germany seizes around $25 million ($596 million today) in Russian assets that were held in German banks.
U.S. Army surgeons predict that the present war will be the “most humane ever waged” due to advances in medicine.
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