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Skirmish at Joncherey

2 août 1914 · 47.53° N, 7.00° E

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2 août 1914
Type
Bataille
Coordonnées
47.53° N, 7.00° E
Description
first skirmish of the Western Front of World War I
War
World War I

Skirmish at Joncherey

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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