"And so the mad dance of death has begun"

The Essex Record Office blog marks the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War today by considering the reaction to events in Essex over the immediate days following.  See http://www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/and-so-the-mad-dance-of-death-has-begun-a-look-at-the-essex-county-chronicle-of-7-august-1914/