Tag Archives: Triple Alliance
Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Mensdorff to Count Berchtold, 28 July 1914
On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Albert Count Mensdorff (pictured), sent a coded telegram to the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold. In his telegram, Mensdorff adds to his telegram of 27 July in which he described British fears of escalation of the Austro-Serbian conflict into a World […]
Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Berchtold to Herr von Merey and Count Szogyeny, 28 July 1914
On 28 July 1914, Leopold Count Berchtold (pictured), the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, sent a coded private telegram to the Austro-Hungarian ambassadors to Germany, and Italy. In his telegram, Berchtold informs them of discussions on the Triple Alliance, which united Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Germany, as they related to the Austro-Hungarian conflict against Serbia. Count Berchtold […]
Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Herr von Merey to Count Berchtold, 28 July 1914
On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Italy, Kajetan von Merey (pictured), sent a coded telegram to the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold. In his telegram, von Merey informs Berchtold of his ill health and of a meeting his representative had with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis di San […]
Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Szogyeny to Count Berchtold, 28 July 1914
On 28 July 1914, Laszlo Count Szogyeny, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Germany (pictured), sent a coded telegram to Leopold Count Berchtold, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs. In his telegram, Szogyeny discusses Germany’s refusal of a British proposal for mediation. Count Szogyeny to Count Berchtold. Berlin, 28 July 1914. Cyphered. The British proposal of mediation, according to which […]
Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Berchtold to Count Szogyeny, 28 July 1914
On 28 July 1914, Leopold Count Berchtold (pictured), the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, sent a telegram to Laszlo Count Szogyeny, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Germany, in reply to the Ambassador’s telegrams from 26 July. In his telegram, Berchtold tells Szogyeny to inform the German government of the mobilisation of the Russian army. Berchtold asks for German support in […]
Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Berchtold to Count Szogyeny, 27 July 1914
On 27 July 1914, Leopold Count Berchtold (pictured), the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, sent a telegram to Laszlo Count Szogyeny, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Germany, in reply to the Ambassador’s telegrams from 25 July. In his telegram, Berchtold tells Szogyeny to inform the German government of the imminent declaration of war against Serbia. Count Berchtold to Count Szogyeny. […]
Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Szogyeny to Count Berchtold, 27 July 1914
On 27 July 1914, Laszlo Count Szogyeny, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Germany (pictured), sent a coded strictly private telegram to Leopold Count Berchtold, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs. In his telegram, Szogyeny discusses a British proposal for mediation. Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, had approached Germany in the hope that it would intervene favourably with Austria-Hungary. Count Szogyeny to Count Berchtold. […]
Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Conversation between Count Berchtold and the German Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 26 July 1914
On 26 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold (pictured), had a conversation with the German Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Heinrich von Tschirschky. The German Ambassador informed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of a conversation between the German Ambassador to Rome and the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs on Austria-Hungary’s policy towards […]
The July Crisis: 100 Years On, 1914-2014 