Sir Henry Wilson - Diary entry for 26th July

Diaries of the Director of Military Operations for the British Army

On July 26th Wilson wrote:

"Went to see Sir A. Nicolson and found a lot more dispatches, all warlike, Austria, Russia, and Serbia seem to be going to mobilise, but, so far, no news of Germany moving. Until she moves there is no certainty of war. The Serbians have agreed to almost all the Austrian terms, making it difficult to Austria and Germany to have a European war. My own opinion is that if Germany does not mobilise to-day there will be no war. Saw Sunny Jim and told him all the gossip."