Battles of the First World War Podcast · Mike Cunha

Joncherey - The Skirmish

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Corporal Peugeot shouted 'Halte la!' as he raised his rifle, while Lieutenant Meyer responded by firing three pistol shots.

This episode recounts the Joncherey skirmish of August 2, 1914, where Corporal Jules-André Peugeot of France and Lieutenant Albert Otto Walter Meyer of Germany became the first military casualties of World War I. The narrative details their backgrounds, the tense border encounter, and the aftermath of this pre-declaration engagement.

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