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1. Gavrilo Princip assassinated Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife on June 28th 1914, sparking the fire of war. But to which organisation did Princip belong?
2. The first major success for the Germans came with the taking of which Belgian fortification in August 1914?
3. Later in August where did the British Expeditionary Force attempt to halt the German advance?
4. By the end of August 1914, German troops were advancing toward Paris, whose fall seemed imminent, but their advance was halted. Where was this?
5. I assumed command of the entire German High Seas Fleet in 1916, was in favor of both an aggressive surface fleet policy and unrestricted submarine warfare. On May 31, 1916, I led the German fleet into the battle of Jutland. Who was I ?
6. After serving in the First Peking Relief Expedition and the Boxer Rebellion, I commanded in various capacities until my appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet on August 4, 1914.
7. May 1916, 16.03 after being hit five times by shells, from the German battlecruiser, Von Der Tann. A magazine exploded sinking me and killing more than 1,000 sailors, who am I ?
8. 20 mins later this ship also sank in under 90 seconds?
9. A German shell penetrated my turret at 18.33 sinking me, the third British battlecruiser to sink that day ?
10. August 26-31, 1914, a German army commanded by General von Hindenburg, attacked and encircled a larger Russian army, capturing 92,000 prisoners and destroying most of the Russian army in Prussia. Where?
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