Sir John Jellicoe assumes command of the British Home Fleets.
Aug. 5 (Wed.)
Liége is bombarded by the Germans.
Austria declares war on Russia.
Montenegro declares war on Austria.
Lord Kitchener is appointed Secretary of State for War in Great Britain.
The Königin Luise, equipped as a German mine-layer, is sunk by the British Third Destroyer Flotilla (parent ship Amphion) off the Suffolk coast.
Aug. 6 (Thur.)
Fall of three of the forts of Liége.