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Grey's remarks about the "lamps are going out" were said on which date?

  • 28 July 1914

  • 1 August 1914

  • 3 August 1914

  • 4 August 1914

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On August 3, 1914, British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey made a speech in the House of Commons, referring to the worsening situation in Europe as the "lamps are going out." This evocative metaphor captured the sense of uncertainty and foreboding that gripped Europe on the eve of World War I.
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