5th August
Henry Hadley, an English civilian shot by a Prussian officer, dies. He is sometimes considered the “first British casualty” of WWI.
Liege: Fort Fleron silenced.
Captain Brinckman demands the surrender of the Liège forts. Belgian troops under General Léman refuses.
Moltke-“Our advance in Belgium is certainly brutal, but we are fighting for our lives & all who get in the way must take the consequences.”
SS Königin Luise, a German auxiliary minelayer, is sunk by Royal Navy destroyers, becoming the first German ship sunk in WWI.
Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire in solidarity with Serbia.
German embassy in St. Petersburg is burned by angry crowds; Germany seizes Russian assets.
"Goeben" and "Breslau" reach Messina.
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
Great Britain mobilises; Lord Kitchener made War Secretary.
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