Skirmish at Joncherey | |||||||
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Part of the outbreak of World War I | |||||||
Photograph of Joncherey at the end of the 19th century | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jules-André Peugeot † | Albert Mayer † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5 men | 7 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed 1 injured |
1 killed 3 injured (1 captured) 1 missing 2 escaped | ||||||
The Skirmish at Joncherey (French pronunciation: [ʒɔ̃ʃʁɛ]) was a clash in the Territoire de Belfort, on the border between France and Germany, and was the first military action of the Western Front of World War I. It occurred in the village of Joncherey near the French–German border in Alsace-Lorraine. The skirmish took place a day before the German declaration of war against France on 3 August 1914.
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