Category / This Day in RMR History
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RMR MOBILIZES FOR WAR
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 06 August 1914 – On this date the Minister of Militia had the Adjutant-General send a night lettergram to 226 unit commanders of the Canadian Militia instructing…
August 6, 2014 -
RMR gets named
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – August 5, 1914: After being ordered to combine their forces, and following a series of meetings involving the Grenadier Guards, the Victoria Rifles, and the Carabiniers…
August 5, 2014 -
Canada At War!
August 4th, 1914: The British Government was certain the House of Commons would support a policy of resistance to Germany, and on this morning the British sent an ultimatum giving Berlin until midnight…
August 4, 2014 -
FRANCE & GERMANY NOW AT WAR!
03 August 1914 – France and Germany exchanged declarations of war against each other, and all eyes turned towards Britain to see what she would do…
August 3, 2014 -
GERMAN ULTIMATUM TO BELGIUM
02 August 1914 – The German Minister to Brussels presented an ultimatum demanding Belgium’s agreement to a German advance against France through Belgian territory. The Belgians were adamantly against such German plans…
August 2, 2014 -
GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA!
01 August 1914 – Germany declared war on Russia on this date and five days later Austria followed suit. The Anglo-French Convention of 1904, and a similar agreement with Russia in 1907…
August 1, 2014 -
SECRET WARNING ORDER ISSUED FOR WAR
31 July 1914 – On this date, by direction of Col. Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia, Officers Commanding Canadian Militia units received secret instructions to regard as “purely tentative” the…
July 31, 2014 -
RUSSIA MOBILIZES FOR WAR
July 30th 1914: Russia ordered a general mobilization on this date. Great Britain received a German proposal which did much to change Britain’s “overwhelmingly pacific” attitude. The Germans wanted Britain to remain…
July 30, 2014 -
Austria Declares War on Serbia: 28 July 1914
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 28 July1914: On this day Austria declared war on Serbia. Many Canadians believed the conflict would prove to be a “Balkan affair” of minor significance. Sadly…
July 28, 2014 -
Serbia Appeals For Help: 1914
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: July 24, 1914, the Serbian regent, Alexander sent a telegram to Russian Tsar Nicholas II in the middle of the so-called July Crisis of 1914. One day…
July 24, 2014