Skirmish at Joncherey

When

2 Aug 1914

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

47.53° N, 7.00° E

Description

first skirmish of the Western Front of World War I

War

World War I

Franco-German border clash preceding World War I

The Skirmish at Joncherey was a clash in the Territoire de Belfort, on the then 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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