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*'''''British Official Documents on the Origins of the War'''''
::Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley
::Vol. I, <i>The End of British Isolation</i>: 1897 - 1903, [http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/digobject.cfm?Idno=99001094& University of Toronto Digital Collections]
::Vol. XI, <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914, [http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/gooch/mainguch.htm Dual Frame version]; &nbsp;[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm Standard version]
::<b>Major Resource!</b>
*[[Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch | Die &Ouml;sterreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch]]<br><b>Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War</b>
::2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German originals)
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/bernhardi.html General Friedrich von Bernhardi, <i>The Next War</i>]
::English translation published in 1914
*[[The French Yellow Book]]
::1913-1914
*[[The Belgian Grey Book]]
::1914
*[[The German White Book]]
::1914
*[[The Russian Orange Book]]
::1914
*[[The Serbian Blue Book]]
::1914
*[[The Austro-Hungarian Red Book]]
::1914-1915
*[[Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs]]
::1912-1914
*[[Willy-Nicky Letters between the Kaiser and the Czar | ''Willy-Nicky Letters'' between the Kaiser and the Czar]]
::1894 - 1914 (English translations)
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/tampicoincident.htm  The Tampico Incident]
::20 April 1914
*[[Colonel House's Report to President Wilson]]
::May 1914
*[[The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand]]
::28 June 1914
::As related by Borijove Jevtic,
::one of the leaders of the <i>Narodna Odbrana</i>
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/harrachmemoir.htm The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand]
::28 June 1914
::As related by his bodyguard<br>See also the [[Sarajevo Article]] by Micheal Shackelford


*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/1914/wilnotes.html German Dispatches and the Kaiser's Annotations]
::June-July 1914


*[[Autograph Letter of Franz Joseph to the Kaiser]]
::2 July 1914


<p><li><a href="http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/comment/belgneut/BelgA.htm#A">Treaties and Documents Relative to the Neutrality of the Netherlands and Belgium</a>
*[[The 'Blank Check']]
<dd>1839-1914
::6 July 1914
<dd>Taken from an appendix to Alexander Fuehr's <i>The Neutrality of Belgium</i> (1915)
::Germany's assurance of support to Austria-Hungary


<p><li><a href="1914m/gene1856.html">Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law</a>
*[[The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (German Original)]]
<dd>16 April 1856.
::23 July 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/1867.html">The Treaty of London</a>
*[[The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (English Translation)]]
<dd>21 June 1867
::23 July 1914
<dd>Granting neutrality to Luxembourg (French translation)


<p><li><a href="1914m/gene68.html">St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War,
*[[Russian Memorandum of Advice to Serbia]]
<dd>of Certain Explosive Projectiles</a>
::24 July 1914
<dd>29 November -  11 December 1868


<p><li><a href="http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/willnick/timeline.htm">
*[[The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (French Original)]]
Timeline of Events</a>
::25 July 1914
<dd>1870 - 1914


<p><li><a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm">The Ems Telegram</a>
*[[The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (English Translation)]]
<dd>1870
::25 July 1914
<dd>Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71


<p><li><a href="1914m/allyahg.html">The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany</a>
*[[Wilhelm II's Intransigence]]
<dd>7 October 1879
::26 July 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/land1880.html">Oxford Laws of War on Land</a>
*[[The Pledge Plan]]
<dd>9 September 1880
::28 July 1914


<p><li><a href="http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/moltke.html"><i>On the Nature of War</i> by Helmut Moltke (the Elder)</a>
*[[The Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War on Serbia]]
<dd>1880
::28 July 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/liga3.html">The Three Emperors' League</a>
*[[The Willy-Nicky Telegrams| The ''Willy-Nicky'' Telegrams]]
<dd>18 June 1881
::29 July - 1 August 1914
<dd>Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.


*[[Sir Edward Grey's Indecisiveness]]
::31 July 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/triporig.html">The Triple Alliance</a>
*[[Prince Lichnowsky's Reply to Sir Edward Gray]]
<dd>20 May 1882
::July 1914
<dd>Joining Italy with the Germany/Austria-Hungary alliance.
<dd> (Eight articles in the original French)
<dd>See also <a href="1914m/tripori2.html">expanded version of 1912</a>


<li><a href="1914m/tripally.html">The Triple Alliance</a>
*[[Wilhelm II's Account of Events]]
<dd>20 May 1882
::July 1914
<dd>(English translation of the above)
<dd>See also <a href="1914m/tripall2.html">expanded version of 1912</a>


<p><li><a href="http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html">Bismarck and the "Polish Question."</a>
*[[Wilhelm II's War Speeches]]
<dd>28 January 1886
::July - August 1914
<dd>Speech to the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament
<dd>(English translation)


<p><li><a href="1914m/reinsure.html">The Reinsurance Treaty</a>
*[[The German Declaration of War on Russia]]
<dd>18 June 1887
::1 August 1914
<dd>Bismarck's alliance with Russia


<p><li><a href="http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/internat.html">
*[[The Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey]]
<i>Die Internationale</i></a>
::2 August 1914
<dd>1888
::[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/turkgerm.htm Avalon project copy of the same treaty]
<dd>Translated by Richard S. Levy


<p><li><a href="http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/dismiss.html">
*[[The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium]]
Bismarck's Fall from Power</a>
::2 August 1914
<dd>1890


<p><li><a href="http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/wilhelm.html">
*[[The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage]]
Wilhelm II -- Swearing In New Recruits</a>
::3 August 1914
<dd>23 November 1891


<p><li><a href="1914m/franruss.html">The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention</a>
*[[The Italian Declaration of Neutrality]]
<dd>18 August 1892
::3 August 1914
<dd>Leading to the Triple Entente


<p><li><a href="1914m/willnick/wnmaina.htm"><i>Willy-Nicky Letters</i> between the Kaiser and the Czar</a>
*[[Sir Edward Grey's Speech Before Parliament]]
<dd>1894 - 1914
::With [http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/gifs/commonsdebate3aug1914.pdf subsequent debate on War in Europe in the House of Commons] (facsimile transcript)
<dd>(English translations -- including introduction and timeline)
::3 August 1914


<p><li><font size=+1><i>British Official Documents on the Origins of the War</font></i>
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/gifs/commonsdebate4aug1914.pdf Further discussion of War in Europe in the House of Commons]
<dd>Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley
::(including announced rupture of Belgian neutrality and debate on war risk insurance; facsimile transcript)
<dd>Vol. I, <i>The End of British Isolation</i>: 1897 - 1903, <a href="http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/digobject.cfm?Idno=99001094&">University of Toronto Digital Collections</a>
::4 August 1914
<dd>Vol. XI, <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914,
<a href=" 1914m/gooch/mainguch.htm">Dual Frame version</a>;
<a href="1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm">Standard version</a>
<dd><b>Major Resource!</b></dl>


<p><li><a href="hague.html">Hague Convention</a>
*[[Origin of the Term "A Scrap of Paper"]]
<dd>29 July 1899 & other ratification dates
::4 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/opendoor.html">The First 'Open Door Note'</a>
*[[The Imperial Chancellor Defends the Invasion of Belgium]]
<dd>6 September 1899
::4 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/bulow.html">Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag</a>
*[[King Albert I of the Belgians' Speech to the Belgian Parliament]]
<dd>11 December 1899
::4 August 1914
<dd>(German original)


<li><a href="1914m/buloweng.html">Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag</a>
*[[President Poincaré's War Message]]
<dd>11 December 1899
::4 August 1914
<dd>(English translation)


<p><li><a href="http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/china.html">Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China</a>
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/mirror01_01.shtml Great Britain Declares War on Germany]
<dd>2 July 1900
::4 August 1914
::As reported in the <i>Daily Mirror</i>


<p><li><a href="1914m/abc.html">The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy</a>
*[[Clemenceau Calls France to Arms]]
<dd>November 1901
::5 August 1914


<p><li><a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/anglojapanesealliance1902.htm">Anglo-Japanese Alliance</a>
*[[Telegram from Wilhelm II to President Wilson, August 10, 1914]]
<dd>30 January 1902
::10 August 1914
<dd>To counter French and Russian designs in the Far East


<p><li><a href="1914m/entecord.html">The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France</a>
*[[Secretary of State Bryan Opposes Loans to Belligerents]]
<dd>8 April 1904
::10 August 1914
<dd>Later joined by Russia


<p><li><a href="1914m/schlieffen.html">The Schlieffen Plan</a>
*[[The British Defense of the Realm Consolidation Act]]
<dd>1905
::12 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/morocco.html">The First Moroccan Crisis</a>
*[[The Fall of Liège, ]]
<dd>31 March 1905
::11 - 15 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/portsmouth.html">Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War</a>
*[[Japanese Ultimatum to Germany]]
<dd>1905
::15 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/anglruss.html">The Anglo-Russian Entente</a>
*[[Franz Josef's Orders to the Armed Forces,]]
<dd>1907
::16 August 1914


<p><li><a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/youngturkproclamation.htm">Proclamation of the Young Turks</a>
*[[President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality]]
<dd>1908
::19 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/bosherz.html">The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary</a>
*[[The Fall of Brussels]]
<dd>September - October 1908
::20 - 21 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/dailytel.html">The <i>Daily Telegraph</i> Affair</a>
*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9502E5DB1430E733A25757C2A96E9C946596D6CF&oref=slogin Full Text of the German "White Paper" On the War]
<dd>28 October 1908
::Published in the ''New York Times'', 24 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/racco.html">The Racconigi Bargain</a> (Excerpts)
*[[The Burning of Louvain]]
<dd>October 1909
::26 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/illusion.html">Norman Angell's <i>The Great Illusion</i></a>
*[[Sea Fighting off Helgoland]]
<dd>1910
::28 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/llgeorge.html">Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech</a>
*[[The Belgian Grey Book: Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War]]
<dd>21 July 1911
::24 July - 29 August 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/lux-pm.html">Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report</a>
*[[Marshall Joffre's Report on the Marne]]
<dd>24 September 1911
::August - September 1914
<dd>(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)


<p><li><a href="1914m/odbrana.html">The <i>Narodna Odbrana</i></a>
*[[Abandonment of Paris]]
<dd>1911
::3 September 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/blk-cons.html">Constitution of the <i>Black Hand</i></a>
*[[The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace]]
<dd>1911
::4 September 1914


<p><li><a href="1914m/haldane.html">The Haldane Mission</a>
*[[The US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels,]]
<dd>8 - 12 February 1912
::19 September 1914]


<p><li><a href="http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/class.html">Heinrich Class, "<i>If I were Kaiser</i>"</a>
*[[U-9 Submarine Attack]]
<dd>1912
::22 September 1914
<dd>English translation of <i>Wenn ich Kaiser wär'</i>.


<p><li><a href="1914m/tripori2.html">Amended Version of The Triple Alliance</a>
*[[Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne]]
<dd>5 December 1912
::28 September 1914
<dd>(Fifteen articles in the original French).


<p><li><a href="1914m/tripall2.html">Amended Version of The Triple Alliance</a>
*[[The London Times on Belgian Neutrality | The ''London Times'' on Belgian Neutrality]]
<dd>5 December 1912
::30 September 1914
<dd> (English translation of the above)


<p><li><a href="1914m/roumaine.html">Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord</a>
*[http://www.nernst.de/kulturwelt.htm An die Kulturwelt] (Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals)
<dd>5 February 1913
::4 October 1914 (German original)
<dd>(In the original French)
*[[Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals]]
::4 October 1914 (English translation)


<p><li><a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1913inauguration.htm">
*[[War on the Eastern Front: The Battle of Wirballen, ]]
President Wilson's Inaugural Address</a>
::4 - 8 October 1914
<dd>4 March 1913


<p><li><a href="1914m/zabern.html">The Zabern Affair</a>
*[[Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches]]
<dd>1913
::23 October 1914 (German original)


<p><li><a href="1914m/arabetuk.html"> British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement</a>
*[http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2006/3235/pdf/A008838631.pdf Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches]
<dd>1912-1914
::23 October 1914 (German facsimile with synoptic French translation)
*[http://www.biologie.de/biowiki/Erkl%C3%A4rung_der_Hochschullehrer_des_Deutschen_Reiches Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches]
::23 October 1914 (German transcription)
*[[Declaration of Professors of the German Reich]]
::23 October 1914 (English translation)


<p><li><a href="1914m/lichnowy.html"> Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs</a>
*[[First Battle of Ypres]]
<dd>1912-1914
::31 October - 17 November 1914


<p><li><a href="http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/bernhardi.html"><i>The Next War</i>, by General Friedrich von Bernhardi</a>
*[[Cruise and Destruction of the Emden | Cruise and Destruction of the ''Emden'']]
<dd>1914
::2 August - 9 November 1914
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*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/lody_letters.htm Final Letters of Carl Lody]
::5 November 1914
::Prior to his execution as a German spy
*[[Letter Concerning William Jennings Bryan's Opinion of the Great War]]
::13 November 1914
*[[Graf von Spee's Report]]
::November 1914
*[[Giolitti's Justification of Italian Neutrality]]
::5 December 1914
*[[Brougham's Memorandum of Interview with President Wilson]]
::14 December 1914
*[[The German Occupation of Luxembourg]]
::1914-1918
::(as documented in the original French and German-language dispatches)
*[[The Hasslied | ''The Hasslied'']]
::1914
*[[Failings of the Russian Army Medical Service]]
::1914
*[[Kitchener's Address to the Troops]]
::1914
*[[U.S. Army Order of Battle]]
::1914
*[[Development of U.S. Neutrality Policy]]
:: 1914 - 1915
::Discussions between President Wilson & Secretaries Bryan and Lansing
*[[U.S. Policy on War Loans to Belligerents]]
::1914 - 1915
*[[U.S. Protests Against Maritime Warfare]]
::1914 - 1915
*[[German Army Groups on the Western Front]]
::1914 - 1919
*[[German Army Groups on the Eastern Front]]
::1914 - 1919
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