Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg2 August 1914
Germany demands free passage through Belgium
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Germany demands free passage through Belgium
Germany calls for a free passage across Belgium but this is refused the following day. Belgium rejects Germany's demand for troop access
German troops cross the Belgian frontier at Vise in the province of Liege
Bethmann Hollweg protests Britain's decision to uphold Belgian neutrality and dismisses the 1839 guarantee as a 'scrap of paper' during the crisis over Germany's invasion.
The German Second Army, together with First and 3rd Armies, began to implement the next stage of the Schlieffen Plan, embarking upon a wide sweeping wheel movement through Belgium, forcing the Belgian army back to Antwerp
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
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