Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, August 12, 1914. The United Kingdom and France declare war on Austro Hungaria.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Wednesday, August 12, 1914. The United Kingdom and France declare war on Austro Hungaria.

The United Kingdom and her Dominions declared war on Austro Hungaria.

So did France.

Belgian troops repulsed German cavalry at the Battle of Halen.

Karl von Müller, commander of the German light cruiser SMS Emden, met with Imperial German Navy Admiral Maximilian von Spee at Pagan, Mariana Islands. In the meeting he learned that Impertial Japan was gravitating towards the United Kingdom and tracking down German squadrons in the Pacific. The Emden was ordered to remain in the Pacific as a raider.

Interim Mexican president Francisco Carvajal formally left Mexico City for Veracruz, allowing the Constitutional Army to enter the city.

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Monday, August 10, 1914. Austro Hungaria takes the field against Imperial Russia.

1910s, 1914, Alsace-Lorraine, World War One

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