July 1914: Countdown to War (63 page)

Bützkow, K. E.,
175

Caillaux, Henriette,
63
,
64
,
65

Caillaux, Joseph,
62–64
,
66

     
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

     
assassination day,
12–13
,
14–15

     
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

Chubrilovitch, Vaso,
12–13
,
14

Chubrilovitch, Veljko,
8–10
,
14

Churchill, Winston,
206
,
328

     
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

Crimean War,
384
,
389

Crowe, Eyre,
278–279

Curragh Incident,
69–71

Czernin, Otto,
56–57
,
133

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

Doumergue, Gaston,
146
,
149
,
257

Dreadnoughts

     
British,
60–61
,
74–76
,
315–316
,
380
,
381
,
388

     
German,
353
,
380–381

     
Turkey and,
353
,
388
,
389

Dumaine, Alfred,
169

Ebener (General),
335

Edward VII,
43

Effendi, Fehim,
1
,
11
,
15

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

     
beginning of,
383–384
,
400

     
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