July 1914: Countdown to War (63 page)
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Authors: Sean McMeekin
Tags: #World War I, #Europe, #International Relations, #20th Century, #Modern, #General, #Political Science, #Military, #History
Bützkow, K. E.,
175
rivalry with Poincaré,
64–67
Caillaux, Mme,
146
Caillaux scandal/trial,
62–64
,
65–66
,
68
,
69
,
251
,
385
Calmette, Gaston,
63
,
65
,
66
,
67
,
322
Cambon, Jules
on Austrian mobilization,
326
confirmation of Russian mobilization,
318–320
German mobilization news and,
304
return to Berlin,
370–371
on significance of Russian mobilization,
294
Cambon, Paul
allegation of German invasion of France and,
305
British agreement to defend the Channel,
359
Grey on Russian mobilization and,
314–315
Grey’s speech to House of Commons and,
365
,
366
naval alliance with Britain and,
73
,
74
,
402
offer of British neutrality and,
348
report to Grey on invasion of Luxembourg,
357
request that Britain ask Austria to suspend military measures,
265
response to idea of mediation,
204–205
,
206
Cambrun, Charles de,
292
Capelle, Eduard von,
105
Carlotti di Ribarbella, Carl,
131
Carnet B,
323
Cato the Elder,
24
Censorship, of Russia press,
208–209
Chabrinovitch, Nedjelko
confession of,
92
planning assassination,
6–11
Chelius, Oskar von,
194
,
203–204
,
209
,
224
,
275
Chotek, Sophie,
1
,
2–3
,
30
.
See also
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Curragh Incident and,
69–70
Home Rule crisis and,
69–70
,
72
,
385–386
navy at Straits of Dover and,
260
on outbreak of First World War,
383
photograph of,
75
premobilization of fleet and,
229
,
232
,
239–240
,
251
,
280
,
364
refusal to block delivery of British dreadnoughts,
75
,
76
response to assassination,
76–77
response to news of imminent war in Europe,
313
,
314
,
315–316
seeking direction after Grey’s speech,
371
support for intervention/war,
331–332
,
358
war and,
403
Ciganovitch, Milan,
7–8
Common army, ethnic makeup of,
33–34
,
46
Confederated French trade unions (CGT),
375
Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz
Austrian mobilization schedule and,
218–219
Austrian ultimatum to Serbia and,
115
,
117
belief that Russia would not engage on Serbians’ behalf,
48
desire for war with Serbia,
24–25
,
27
,
32–35
,
42
,
387
making case for war against Serbia,
106
,
107–108
,
109
mediation and,
237
mobilization and,
115
,
122–123
,
171–172
,
202–203
,
253
,
325
Moltke instructions to,
289–290
on need for German support,
40–41
response to assassination,
23–24
,
32–35
responsibility for First World War,
392
,
393
on “vacation leave,”
125
visit to Sarajevo June 1914,
1
,
4
war councils and,
137
,
138–139
,
141
Continental war,
233–234
Crackanthorpe, Dayrell,
197
,
199
Crowe, Eyre,
278–279
Curragh Incident,
69–71
Daily Mail
(newspaper),
70
Daily Telegraph
(newspaper),
82
,
83
,
98
Danilov, Yuri,
292
Defenders, modern warfare and,
384
Delcassé, Théophile,
59
Derby, Lord,
368
Descos, Léon,
156–157
Dimitrijevitch, Dragutin (“Apis”),
6
,
7
,
28
,
49
,
50
,
197
,
200
,
391
Dobrorolskii, Sergei
general mobilization and,
272
,
302
,
304
partial mobilization and,
192–193
,
397
readiness for mobilization,
179–180
,
298
revocation of general mobilization order,
273
understanding that mobilization meant war,
396
,
400
Dreadnoughts
British,
60–61
,
74–76
,
315–316
,
380
,
381
,
388
Dumaine, Alfred,
169
Ebener (General),
335
Edward VII,
43
Eggeling, Bernhard von,
209
,
221
Enver, Pasha,
353
Eulenberg, August,
226–227
Europe, 1914 map of,
40–41
Eyschen, Paul,
354–355
Falkenhayn, Erich von,
404
as advisor to Wilhelm II,
100
,
101
British offer of neutrality and,
343
delaying
Kriegsgefahrzustand
,
274
,
276
German mobilization request and,
341
German army’s precautionary measures and,
267
inaugurating
Kriegsgefahrzustand
,
309
,
311
preventive war and,
387
on war as fait accompli,
350
,
351
Fay, Sidney,
201
Ferry, Abel,
263
Le Figaro
(newspaper),
63
First Balkan War,
25
,
49
,
51–52
,
83–84
,
178
First Bosnian Crisis,
4
,
24
,
25
,
47
,
322
,
384
,
388
First World War
assassination of Franz Ferdinand and,
384–390
responsibility for causing,
384–405
Fleet (Naval) Week at Kiel,
76
,
90
Fleischmann (Captain),
288–289
Forgách, Johann,
126
France
allegation of German invasion,
354
,
375
assassination of Franz Ferdinand as factor in lead-up to First World War,
385
British obligations to,
366–368
Caillaux trial and,
62–64
,
65–66
,
68
,
69
,
251
,
385
death of Jaurès,
322–323
debate over war,
375–376
early battles in war,
383
Franco-Russian summit,
145–166
German declaration of war against,
370–371
knowledge of Russian mobilization,
262–263
,
264–265
military alliance with Russia,
40
military strength of,
404
mobilization,
267
,
268
,
302
,
304–305
,
316–325
,
327–328
,
334–337
naval agreement with Britain,
72–73
,
402
neutrality of Belgium and,
323–324
preliminary mobilization,
267
,
268
public readiness for war,
261
,
263–264
response to early Russian mobilization,
290–296
response to news of assassination,
62–63
response to news of German mobilization,
316–325
responsibility for First World War,
398–400
Russia and Britain as allies in war,
390
support for Russia in event of war,
59
support for Russian mobilization,
181–182
,
195–196
support for Russian plans,
257–258
,
259
support for Russia’s position,
166
ten-kilometer withdrawal,
304
,
305
,
356
,
399–400
See also
Poincaré, Raymond
;
Viviani, René
France
(battleship),
164–165
,
167
,
260
,
261–262
Franz Ferdinand,
annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and,
3–4
