overnment money onsupplies and guns, the General used it for other things and supplied the army withbayonets, lances and sabers. Because of this, Russia was unprepared for war. Outbreak (Chapters “Outbreak”(6)-9)Austria’s final opportunity to seize Serbia as they had done to many othercountries such as Bosnia and Herzgovina, came with the assassination of the Austrianheir apparent the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, by a group of Serbian nationalists. Becauseof this a series of events followed. The first was on July 5, Germany convinced Austriathat they would back them up in any decision made. July 23 Serbia was sent anultimatum and the reply was rejected on the 26th. Two days later, war was declared andthe next day, Austria bombarded Belgrade. The same day Russia hurried along theirAustrian front and on the 30th, both countries ordered general mobilization. Finally onthe last day of the month, Germany handed out an ultimatum to Russia which orderedRussia to Demobilize within 12 hours. In Germany on the first of August, as theupcoming war was approaching, the Kaiser found himself worrying, since the war was atwo-front one and their plans were so unstable. Even at the last minute he was trying toprevent this two-front war from occurring. On the 1st of August, around five o‘clock, theKaiser signed an the permit to order mobilization and then handed it to General vonMoltke. But, Moltke did not travel far until he was suddenly called back because theKaiser had received some (false) information stating that Germany would not have to goto war with France. In truth, Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, reallyoffered to keep France neutral on the grounds that Germany would not enter the waragainst France and Russia. Despite all of that, Moltke stood his ground. Themobilization continued on, and the Kaiser still managed to stall the invasion on Belgium. Aro...
