July 29:
Bulgaria declares neutrality.
The German Navy begins to mobilize. Prince Heinrich tells his brother the Kaiser that King George V had said "We shall try all we can to keep out of this and shall remain neutral." Admiral von Tirpitz expresses doubts about Britain's neutrality, and Wilhelm replies "I have the word of a king, and that is good enough for me." Alan Palmer, in his book The Kaiser, Warlord of the Second Reich, calls Heinrich's reporting "innacurate".
Tsar Nicholas II signs a partial mobilization order, to go into effect August 4.
Austro-Hungarian warships begin to attack Belgrade.
The British First Fleet (later renamed the Grand Fleet) completes its move to Scapa Flow.
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