News of the outbreak of war took Conquering five months to reach the Indian Ocean but British forces , recently engaged Forming_relationships in the Third Anglo-Mysore War , were mobilised Becoming_a_member in preparation and immediately seized the ports of French India .

The Belgian government mobilised Using its armed Bearing_arms forces on 31 July and a state Statement of heightened Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale alert Warning ( ) was proclaimed Statement in Germany .

Following Bosnia and Herzegovina 's declaration Expressing_publicly of independence ( which gained international recognition ) , the Bosnian Serbs , led by Radovan Karadžić and supported by the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević and the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) , mobilised Arranging their forces inside Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to secure Getting ethnic Serb territory , then war soon spread Dispersal across the country , accompanied by ethnic cleansing .