1914 Documents

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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, The End of British Isolation: 1897 - 1903, University of Toronto Digital Collections
  Vol. XI, The Outbreak of War: June 28 - August 4 1914, Dual Frame version;  Standard version
  Major Resource!
• Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch
  Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War
  2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914 (German originals)
• General Friedrich von Bernhardi, The Next War
  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
  1894 - 1914 (English translations)
• 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 Narodna Odbrana
• The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  28 June 1914
  As related by his bodyguard
  See also the Sarajevo article by Micheal Shackelford
• German Dispatches and the Kaiser's Annotations
  June-July 1914
• Autograph Letter of Franz Joseph to the Kaiser
  2 July 1914
• The 'Blank Check'
  6 July 1914
  Germany's assurance of support to Austria-Hungary
• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (German Original)
  23 July 1914
• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (English Translation)
  23 July 1914
• Russian Memorandum of Advice to Serbia
  24 July 1914
• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (French Original)
  25 July 1914
• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (English Translation)
  25 July 1914
• Wilhelm II's Intransigence
  26 July 1914
• The Pledge Plan
  28 July 1914
• The Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War on Serbia
  28 July 1914
• The Willy-Nicky Telegrams
  29 July - 1 August 1914
• Sir Edward Grey's Indecisiveness
  31 July 1914
• Prince Lichnowsky's Reply to Sir Edward Gray
  July 1914
• Wilhelm II's Account of Events
  July 1914
• Wilhelm II's War Speeches
  July - August 1914
• The German Declaration of War on Russia
  1 August 1914
• The Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey
  2 August 1914
  Avalon project copy of the same treaty
• The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium
  2 August 1914
• The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage
  3 August 1914
• The Italian Declaration of Neutrality
  3 August 1914
• Sir Edward Grey's Speech Before Parliament

With subsequent debate on War in Europe in the House of Commons (facsimile transcript)

3 August 1914

• Discussion of War in Europe in the House of Commons (including announced rupture of Belgian neutrality and debate on war risk insurance; facsimile transcript)
  4 August 1914
• Origin of the Term "A Scrap of Paper"
  4 August 1914
• The Imperial Chancellor Defends the Invasion of Belgium
  4 August 1914
• King Albert I of the Belgians' Speech to the Belgian Parliament
  4 August 1914
• President Poincaré's War Message
  4 August 1914
• Great Britain Declares War on Germany
  4 August 1914
  As reported in the Daily Mirror
• Clemenceau Calls France to Arms
  5 August 1914
• Telegram from Wilhelm II to President Wilson, August 10, 1914
  10 August 1914
• Secretary of State Bryan Opposes Loans to Belligerents
  10 August 1914
• The British Defense of the Realm Consolidation Act
  12 August 1914
• The Fall of Liège,
  11 - 15 August 1914
• Japanese Ultimatum to Germany
  15 August 1914
• Franz Josef's Orders to the Armed Forces,
  16 August 1914
• President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality
  19 August 1914
• The Fall of Brussels
  20 - 21 August 1914
• The Burning of Louvain
  26 August 1914
• Sea Fighting off Helgoland
  28 August 1914
• The Belgian Grey Book: Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War
  24 July - 29 August 1914
• Marshall Joffre's Report on the Marne
  August - September 1914
• Abandonment of Paris
  3 September 1914
• The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace
  4 September 1914
• The US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels,
  19 September 1914]
• U-9 Submarine Attack
  22 September 1914
• Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne
  28 September 1914
• The London Times on Belgian Neutrality
  30 September 1914
• An die Kulturwelt (Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals)
  4 October 1914 (German original)
• Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals
  4 October 1914 (English translation)
• War on the Eastern Front: The Battle of Wirballen,
  4 - 8 October 1914
• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches
  23 October 1914 (German original)
• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches
  23 October 1914 (German facsimile with synoptic French translation)
• Erklärung der Hochschullehrer des Deutschen Reiches
  23 October 1914 (German transcription)
• Declaration of Professors of the German Reich
  23 October 1914 (English translation)
• First Battle of Ypres
  31 October - 17 November 1914
• Cruise and Destruction of the Emden
  2 August - 9 November 1914
• 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
  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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