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Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Berchtold to all Austro-Hungarian Missions, 28 July 1914 – Part III

On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold (pictured), sent a private telegram to all Austro-Hungarian Missions. His telegram details the Serbian response to Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum, as well as the Austro-Hungarian cabinet’s reaction to it. The following is part III of that telegram (see previous post). Translation. The Royal Serbian government, […]

Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Berchtold To All Austro-Hungarian Missions, 28 July 1914 – Part II

On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold (pictured), sent a private telegram to all Austro-Hungarian Missions. His telegram details the Serbian response to Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum, as well as the Austro-Hungarian cabinet’s reaction to it. The following is part II of that telegram (see previous post).   Translation. The Royal […]

Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Berchtold to All Austro-Hungarian Missions, 28 July 1914 – Part I

On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold (pictured), sent a private telegram to all Austro-Hungarian Missions. His telegram details the Serbian response to Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum, as well as the Austro-Hungarian cabinet’s reaction to it. The following is part I of that telegram. Count Berchtold to all the Austro-Hungarian Missions. […]

Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Berchtold to Count Szapary, 28 July 1914

On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold (pictured), sent a private telegram to the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Russia, Frigyes Count Szapary. In his telegram, Berchtold reminds Szapary that Austria-Hungary will not come to a negotiated settlement with Serbia despite Russian diplomatic overtures. Berchtold also describes his conversation with the […]

Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Szapary to Count Berchtold, 28 July 1914

On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Russia, Frigyes Count Szapary (pictured), sent a coded and strictly confidential telegram to the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold. In his telegram, Szapary recounts the meeting of the German Ambassador to Russia, Count Pourtalès, with the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Sazonov. Count Szapary […]

Book Review: The Forgotten Monarch by Matthieu Santerre.

Originally posted on Adventures In Historyland:
? http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Monarch-Franz-Joseph-Outbreak-ebook/dp/B01CT0PD50/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457964372&sr=1-1&keywords=The+forgotten+monarch File Size: 593 KB Publisher: Sainte-Ursule Books; 1 edition (March 15, 2016) Publication Date: March 15, 2016 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC Language: English Not a day ago I was asked to explain some of the reasons why Europeans went to war between 1745 and 1882.…

The Forgotten Monarch: Franz Joseph and the Outbreak of the First World War

This is not a usual post for JulyCrisis1914. Usually, I focus on a primary source document, often diplomatic, detailing the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War in the summer of 1914. I try to be objective by presenting facts and context. However, if you feel you want more analysis on […]

Austro-Hungarian Red Book: Count Szapary to Count Berchtold, 28 July 1914

On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Russia, Frigyes Count Szapary (pictured), sent a coded telegram to the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leopold Count Berchtold. In his telegram, Szapary describes Russian perceptions of the Austro-German alliance days before the outbreak of the First World War. Count Szapary to Count Berchtold. Petersburg, 28 July 1914. Cyphered. […]