—A painting of "An Interior with Figures," by P. de Hoock, realised 8,200 guineas at a London auction sale.
—Lieut. Gran (Norway) flew from Cruden Bay, near Aberdeen, to Stavanger, 400 miles, in 4 hrs. 10 min.
31. The London Stock Exchange was closed by order of the Committee, and the Bank rate raised to 8 per cent. (See Eng. Hist., Chap. IV.)
AUGUST.
1. The Endurance, with Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition, left the Thames on her voyage to the South Polar regions.
—The Bank rate was advanced to 10 per cent.
—The National Penny Bank suspended payment.
—Mobilisation ordered of the German and French armies.
—Germany declared war on Russia and France.
2. Russian troops crossed the East Prussian frontier; German invasion of Luxemburg and France.