100 years ago today, 4 August 1914, the Front: The Belgian Front. ==Germany declares war on Belgium [600.AM] ==GERMANY INVADES BELGIUM [800.AM], reaching the Meuse on both sides of Liège and crossing at Visé by mid-afternoon - German 4th Army enters the southern tip of Belgium from Luxembourg - German forces begin inflicting brutal reprisals against civilians ==The Belgian Parliament votes unanimously to resist the German invasion, to wild popular acclaim [900.AM] ==King Albert finally calls on Britain and France to aid Belgium [noon] ==Belgian forces concentrate behind the River Gete, too distant to support the Liège forts Paris. ==French troops march through Paris past ecstatically cheering crowds Britain. ==About to sail for Egypt, Kitchener is offered the War Ministry and begins preparing for a long, grueling war ==British Army Reserves and Territorial units are mobilized ==France urgently requests that the BEF be sent quickly [evening] ==BRITAIN ENTERS INTO A STATE OF WAR WITH GERMANY [1100.PM, London Time] - British forces are notified with a War Telegram [1120.PM] The BEF. ==Moltke rejects a proposal by the German Navy to intercept the BEF as it crosses the Channel, prefering to “settle” with it on land, saying “The more English, the better.” Lorraine. ==The Germans take Trieux, near Briey in Lorraine
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