| 词条 | Skirmish at Joncherey |
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| conflict = Skirmish at Joncherey | partof = the outbreak of World War I | date = 9:59 a.m. 2 August 1914 | image = File:JonchereyXIXe.jpg |image_size = 300px | caption = Photograph of Joncherey at the end of the 19th century | place = Joncherey, France |coordinates = {{coord|47|31|47|N|07|00|07|E|type:event_region:FR|display=inline,title}} |map_type=France |map_size=200 |map_caption={{center|Joncherey, a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department of Franche-Comté, north-east France}} |map_label=Joncherey | result = French victory | combatant1 = {{flagicon|France}} France | combatant2 = {{flag|German Empire}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|France}} Jules-André Peugeot{{KIA}} | commander2 = {{flagicon|German Empire}} Albert Mayer{{KIA}} | strength1 = 5 men | strength2 = 7 men | casualties1 = 1 killed 1 injured | casualties2 = 1 killed 3 injured 1 missing | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Western Front (World War I)}} }} The Skirmish at Joncherey was a clash in the Territoire de Belfort, on the border between France and Germany, which was the first military action during World War I. It occurred in the village of Joncherey near the 1871 French–German border in Alsace-Lorraine. The skirmish took place a day before the German declaration of war against France on August 3rd 1914. SkirmishAt around {{nowrap|6:00 a.m.}} on 2 August 1914, Leutnant Albert Mayer and his small cavalry patrol illegally crossed the French border. They did not meet resistance, as the French had moved their troops back {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the border, to avoid provoking the Germans and to show good faith in their attempts to avoid war.[1] Twice that morning as the German party advanced further into France, they exchanged fire with small groups of French infantry. At {{nowrap|9:50 a.m.,}} Mayer slashed with his sabre at (but did not injure) a French sentry, who was on lookout at the entrance to Joncherey. Jules Andre Peugeot and four other soldiers were at their billet eating breakfast at the time. The daughter of the owner of the house came back inside from fetching water and reportedly said "The Prussians! The Prussians are coming!"[2] Around {{nowrap|10:00 a.m.,}} Peugeot and his four comrades went to arrest the Germans. Upon meeting, Mayer fired three shots at Peugeot. One hit his shoulder and Peugeot fired back as he was falling. Peugeot's comrades fired at the patrol with pistols. Mayer was shot in the stomach but seconds later was killed by a shot to the head. Peugeot stumbled back to the billet house where he died at {{nowrap|10:37 a.m.}}[3] Three more Germans were injured and one managed to escape for a few days, by hiding in the woods but was eventually captured. One of the German soldiers was never seen again and two escaped to Germany.[2] References1. ^{{cite web |title=Jules André Peugeot — Second Person Killed in WWI |url=https://www.silvermedals.net/entries/second-person-killed-wwi |website=www.silvermedals.net |accessdate=25 September 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Joncherey, Skirmish at}}2. ^1 [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/03/16/104668853.pdf First To Fall For France] 3. ^The First to Fall: Peugeot and Mayer 8 : Conflicts in 1914|1914 in France|Battles of World War I involving France|Battles of the Western Front (World War I)|Battles of World War I involving Germany|Causes of World War I|August 1914 events|France–Germany military relations |
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